{"product_id":"nights-in-aruba-9780060937348","title":"Nights in Aruba","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Nights in Aruba \u003c\/em\u003esucceeds wonderfully at being at the same time a deeply serious revelation and very lively, very satisfying company.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Holleran's follow-up to \u003cem\u003eDancer from the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNights in Aruba \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic novel of love shared and love concealed told with wry humor and subtle lyricism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNights in Aruba\u003c\/em\u003e, Andrew Holleran's second, more reflective novel, centers around the dual life that its protagonist, Paul, leads between his fast paced \"out\" life in New York City and his extended visits to aging parents in Florida. He cannot quite believe what his life has become: \"I had arrived at middle age and realized I had made no progress, that the moment was past--just as I would look up from a book I was reading on a Saturday in summer and realize when I saw the clock that the last decent train to the beach had left already.\" Years after accepting his sexuality after some electrifying time in the army and living on the Lower East Side, Paul is eventually bored by the hijinks of sex and drugs in the Manhattan disco scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis musings and development through the novel center around his coming to terms with his homosexuality, his Catholic upbringing in Aruba, and his relationship with his parents - a businesslike father, and a bored, commanding, unfulfilled mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolleran, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andrew Holleran, a Harvard graduate, is a well-known journalist and frequent contributor to major gay publications. \u003cem\u003eDancer from the Dance, \u003c\/em\u003e his first novel, was originally published in 1978 to great critical acclaim. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eNights in Aruba, The Beauty of Men, Ground Zero, In the Mirror of Men's Eyes, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn September, the Light Changes.\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652068544786,"sku":"9780060937348","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87d11d80-c689-4225-a194-9a645c2538ff.jpg?v=1733316775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nights-in-aruba-9780060937348","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}