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The Kingdom of Sand

The Kingdom of Sand

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Author:
Andrew Holleran
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Publication Date:
Jun 08, 2023
Binding:
Paperback / softback
ISBN-13:
9781529116380
ISBN10:
1529116384

Overview

'Affecting and engaging' COLM TÓIBÍN'A wistful, witty meditation on a gay man's twilight years and the twilight of America' GuardianOut in the drought-struck backwaters of rural Florida, The Kingdom of Sand's nameless narrator lives a life of semi-solitude, enjoying the odd, fleeting sexual encounter and the friendship of a few. His world is ageing, and the memories of another time flash, then fade - visions of parties filled with handsome young men, the parents whom he chose to spend his life besides, the generation he once knew, struck down by AIDS. But, when forced to watch the slow demise of a close neighbour, he is drawn back to the here and now, and his own borrowed time in this kingdom of sand. 'Bracingly honest and wise' The Times, Books of the Year'Both melancholy and hilarious' New York Times

''Affecting and engaging'' COLM TÓIBÍN

''A wistful, witty meditation on a gay man''s twilight years and the twilight of America'' Guardian

Out in the drought-struck backwaters of rural Florida, The Kingdom of Sand''s nameless narrator lives a life of semi-solitude, enjoying the odd, fleeting sexual encounter and the friendship of a few.

His world is ageing, and the memories of another time flash, then fade - visions of parties filled with handsome young men, the parents whom he chose to spend his life besides, the generation he once knew, struck down by AIDS. But, when forced to watch the slow demise of a close neighbour, he is drawn back to the here and now, and his own borrowed time in this kingdom of sand.

''Bracingly honest and wise'' The Times, Books of the Year

''Both melancholy and hilarious'' New York Times




  • | Author: Andrew Holleran
  • | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • | Publication Date: Jun 08, 2023
  • | Number of Pages:
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  • | Binding: Paperback / softback
  • | ISBN-13: 9781529116380
  • | ISBN-10: 1529116384

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