Kingdom of Sand

''Affecting and engaging'' COLM TÓIBÍN

''A wistful, witty meditation on a gay man''s twilight years and the twilight of America'' Guardian

Out in the drought-struck backwaters of rural Florida, The Kingdom of Sand''s nameless narrator lives a life of semi-solitude, enjoying the odd, fleeting sexual encounter and the friendship of a few.

His world is ageing, and the memories of another time flash, the...