num_pages: 288
description: A universal tale of loneliness, aging, and the desires of the human heart, Holleran's long-awaited third novel tells the brilliant, passionate story of a man ashamed to be mourning the loss of his own youth as so many around him die young. Lark is obsessed with the beauty of youth and his own mortality, his hairline and the loss of so many of his friends to AIDS, and, above all, with a stunningly virile man who haunts his days and his dreams.
language: English
title: The Beauty of Men
titlecomplete: The Beauty of Men
genres: American, Queer, Literary Fiction, Novels, Gay Fiction, LGBT, Fiction, Gay, Queer Lit, Contemporary
ratings_count: 631
places: Florida, Gainesville, Florida
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Ferro-Grumley Award
category: Gay Fiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: The Publishing Triangle Award
category: The Ferro-Grumley Awards
publisher: Plume