I can't shout its praises enough.” - David Vogel, Buzzfeed “A stunning work of fiction, with characters that are unforgettable and writing that is frequently breathtaking. Through Taylor’s signature intimacy, we see casual emotional devastation, prickly social interactions, and wry humor with keen clarity.” -Vulture Taylor develops his characters so precisely, they feel like close friends: recognizable, sometimes infuriating, and always worth following to the book's last page.” - Harper's Bazaar “Brandon Taylor's third book is the most dazzling example of his sharp pen and keen observations of human nature yet. keep a tight focus on their characters, like a magnifying glass. Taylor’s vision is unsparing, but never bleak. He has a Chekhovian generosity that enables him to convey character with something like tenderness.” - Harper's Magazine
A gorgeously written novel of youth’s promise, of the quest to find one’s tribe and one’s calling.” - Leigh Haber, Oprah Daily It is Brandon Taylor’s richest and most involving work of fiction to date, confirming his position as one of our most perceptive chroniclers of contemporary life. Finally, as each prepares for an uncertain future, the group heads to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former lives-a moment of reckoning that leaves each of them irrevocably altered.Ī novel of friendship and chosen family, The Late Americans asks fresh questions about love and sex, ambition and precarity, and about how human beings can bruise one another while trying to find themselves. Among them are Seamus, a frustrated young poet Ivan, a dancer turned aspiring banker who dabbles in amateur pornography Fatima, whose independence and work ethic complicate her relationships with friends and a trusted mentor and Noah, who “didn’t seek sex out so much as it came up to him like an anxious dog in need of affection.” These four are buffeted by a cast of artists, landlords, meatpacking workers, and mathematicians who populate the cafes, classrooms, and food-service kitchens of the city, sometimes to violent and electrifying consequence.
In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, confront, and provoke one another in a volatile year of self-discovery. The Booker Prize finalist and widely acclaimed author of Real Life and Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads A gorgeously written novel of youth’s promise, of the quest to find one’s tribe and one’s calling.” -Leigh Haber, Oprah Daily NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, OPRAH DAILY, THE WASHINGTON POST, BUZZFEED AND VULTURE
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