Real Life is a gut punch of a novel, a story that asks if it's ever really possible to overcome our private wounds and buried histories-and at what cost. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community. Taylor wrote the novel in an incredible five weeks () during his own science doctoral program before switching tracks to pursue an MFA. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends-some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. Brandon Taylor tackles loneliness, queerness, racism and more as he follows protagonist Wallace in his highly anticipated debut novel Real Life. I n Brandon Taylor’s debut Real Life, Wallace, a black, queer Alabama-born doctoral student contends with the virtual all-whiteness of a Midwestern campusand how it infects his personal and private life. I n Brandon Taylor’s highly-anticipated novel Real Life, protagonist Wallace Southern, black and gay has. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. I n Brandon Taylor’s highly-anticipated novel Real Life, protagonist Wallace Southern, black and gay has left behind his family and their fraught shared history to pursue graduate.
A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend-and a lifetime of buried pain. A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice.
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