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Dancer from the Dance: A Novel

by: Andrew Holleran

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060937065
ISBN: 0060937068
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: December 01, 2001
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Studio: Harper Perennial

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Editorial Review:

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Malone looks high and low for meaningful companionship. The person he finds is Sutherland, a campy quintessential queen -- and one of the most memorable literary creations of contemporary fiction. Hilarious, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking, Dancer from the Dance is truthful, provocative, outrageous fiction told in a voice as close to laughter as to tears.

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- "Indifference is the great Aphrodisiac." says the queen.
Holleran is 'old school' gay writer. He can write an excellent gay novel without any graphic sex! The story he tells is everything!
Touching sensitive novel of a man who comes from wealth and privilege and carves out a niche for himself as a successful, hardworking lawyer. His work is everything but leaves him empty and alone.
Then one summer, our lonely virgin, Malone, helps a gardener every day after work...and enjoys it. Why then is Malone tearful and mournful when the gardener leaves? ... Read More

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- Beautiful and grim
Holleran is a masterful writer with some beautiful writing, but his work here and later often seems relentlessly grim. This book is a bit self-consciously Fitzgeraldesque, with a few mentions of "Dutch sailors" seeming like a riff on the last passages of "The Great Gatbsy." A lot of the prose is interior, not much plot.

This isn't a book to read if you're disenchanted with contemporary urban gay life and want to see how things were better "back then." If drug- and booze-addled, hyper-promiscuous ... Read More

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- Dated but still engaging and relevant
Written in the window between the Stonewall uprising and the discovery of HIV, the book brings to life a gay-ghettoed crew of colorful, fascinating characters, doing this better in my opinion than the Boys in the Band.

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- Lived to tell the tale
I lived through the era that AH writes of, it was an astonishing time, and he wrote an astonishing book. If you haven't read it, do yourself a big favor and do so immediately.

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- Beautiful and Magical
Holleran, Andrew. "Dancer from the Dance", Harper, 1978.

Beautiful and Magical

Amos Lassen and Literary Pride

I usually go back and reread Andrew Holleran every couple of years but this year I could not wait to reread him since he will be the official guest of the Arkansas Literary Festival and my book club, Literary Pride in Little Rock. Turning a spotlight on gay literature in Arkansas is a first and the man of letters that will do so is Andrew Holleran.
I remember ... Read More

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