Nights in Aruba: A Novel

Nights in Aruba: A Novel
by Andrew Holleran

Nights in Aruba: A Novel
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Author: Andrew Holleran
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2001-12-01
ISBN: 0060937343
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Harper Perennial

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Book Review: One of best written autobiographical novels of the last century.
Summary: 5 Stars

Nights in Aruba has been criticized as lacking structure. Even Holleran has said this. I don't agree. The "Novel" is perfect as it is. With this work, Holleran should have been elevated to his proper place among the most skillful and observant writers of English prose of the last, and now this, century. Sadly, because his audience has been largely limited to gay men, that is unlikely to happen. He deserves a wider audience. This is a thinly veiled memoir in the guise of fiction. Holleran writes as well as anyone can. In penetrating his own psyche he reaches the reader's as well. The earnestness in certain passages in Aruba made me want to read them again and again. The writing is gorgeous.

Summary of Nights in Aruba: A Novel

This groundbreaking novel of gay life centers around Paul, an uneasy commuter between two parallel worlds. He is the dutiful son of aging, upper-middle-class parents living in Florida, and a homosexual man plunged deliriously into the world of New York City's bars, baths, and one-night stands. With wry humor and subtle lyricism, Holleran reveals the tragedy and comedy of one man's struggle to come to terms with middle age, homosexuality, truth, love, and life itself.

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