- Aging, Fiction, Gay men, Psychology
Lark's mourning over the loss of his youth and of friends and acquaintances, his visits to his dying mother, and his actual and remembered visits to boat docks and baths comprise a narrative of loneliness, aging, and obsessive desire.
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Contemplative, grave, character-led and earnest.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Andrew Holleran
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 280
- Publisher
- Morrow, HarperCollins Publishers, Plume
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780452277748
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