The Beauty of Men (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Andrew Holleran
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1995
- Setting: Northern Florida and Manhattan
- Principal Characters: Lark, Lark’s mother, Becker, Sutcliffe
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, New York City, Obsession, Death or dying, AIDS, Life and death, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: Manhattan, NY, Florida
Lark is a sophisticated New Yorker stuck in provincial northern Florida since his mother became completely paralyzed in a household accident twelve years before. He visits her at the nursing home, where he wheels her around the corridors or sits at her bedside watching television shows such as Murder, She Wrote and Jeopardy. On weekends, he brings his mother to their family home and takes care of her like an infant. During his free time, he tries to pursue what seems to be his only interest—“cruising” for sexual encounters with other homosexuals.
Lark does...
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