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Set in Iowa City, and centred on a group of loosely connected individuals whose experiences and stories get under your skin, Brandon Taylor’s The Late Americans lays bare how it feels, and what it means, to reach a crossroads in one’s life, with all the restlessness, doubt and prickly conflict that often entails.
From the aspiring poet who works in the canteen of a hospice, to a dancer and would-be banker, the characters’ longings, traumas, confusion and complexities are palpable, and there’s a suitable, subtle spikiness to the novel’s atmosphere.
A sense of impending reckoning rises as this diverse cast navigates the bumpy landscape of modern America, ultimately facing the ultimate question: what should I do with my life?
Deeply immersive, The Late Americans rings with honesty, stylistic invention and brilliant observations on human relationships.
Joanne Owen
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The Late Americans Synopsis
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, OPRAH DAILY, THE WASHINGTON POST, BUZZFEED AND VULTURE
"Erudite, intimate, hilarious, poignant . . . A gorgeously written novel of youth's promise, of the quest to find one's tribe and one's calling." -Leigh Haber, Oprah Daily
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
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. 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. 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.
A 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. 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.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780593332344 |
| Publication date: |
23rd April 2024 |
| Author: |
Brandon Taylor |
| Publisher: |
Riverhead Books an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
320 pages |
| Primary Genre |
General Fiction
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