His 2006 novel, “ Grief,” is a melancholy masterpiece about how so many of those men were cut down by AIDS. Holleran’s debut, 1978’s “ Dancer From the Dance,” is among the great post-Stonewall novels, capturing the fading youth of a coterie of gay New York men. Which is to say that it continues the project Holleran began four decades ago: elegant, contemplative works obsessed with matters of intimacy and loss.
“This story is about the things we accumulate during a lifetime but cannot bear to part with before we die,” its unnamed narrator explains. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Īndrew Holleran’s fifth novel, “ The Kingdom of Sand,” announces its theme early.
