The Kingdom of Sand

A The Millions Most Anticipated Books of 2022 One of BuzzFeed''s Hot LGBTQ+ Books From The First Half Of 2022 Andrew Holleran''s unique literary voice is on full display in this poignant story of lust, dread, and desire - the first novel in thirteen years from one of the most acclaimed gay authors of our time. The Kingdom of Sand features a nameless narrator who has survived the death of his friends to AIDS and the loss of his parents to old age and tragedy. Now he must witness the slow demise of a friend just a shade older than he is. Semi-anonymous sexual encounters, gallows humor, and classic films are his tools for staving off the dying of the light. In prose that''s in turn mordantly funny and hauntingly elegiac, Andrew Holleran takes the reader from a video porn shop off Route 301 to the memory of parties in Washington, DC, filled with handsome young men, to the lonely facades of rural Florida. Holleran''s groundbreaking first novel, Dancer from the Dance , is widely regarded as a classic work of gay literature. His following works have established him as one of the great writers of our time. The Kingdom of Sand is a book that will burnish his considerable reputation: a reverie to sex but also a stunningly honest exploration of loneliness and the endless need for human connection, especially as we count down our days.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Holleran, Holleran Andrew
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2022
• EAN: 9781787334045
• ISBN: 978-1-78733-404-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 222 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Florida, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), erotic fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Of specific Gay interest, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Relating to gay people