{"product_id":"real-life-brandon-taylor-paperback","title":"Real Life -- Brandon Taylor, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA FINALIST for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, the VCU\/Cabell First Novelist Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, the NYPL Young Lions Award, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\n\n\"A blistering coming of age story\" --\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Elle\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Huffington Post, BBC, Shondaland, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrillist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSelf\u003c\/i\u003e, Electric Literature, and Shelf Awareness \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice.\n\n Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. 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. But over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of hostility and desire within their community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eReal Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of profound and lacerating power, a story that asks if it's ever really possible to overcome our private wounds, and at what cost.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brandon Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5.1\" L x 0.9\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780525538899\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51741341090091,"sku":"9780525538899","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780525538899.jpg?v=1774823740","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/real-life-brandon-taylor-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}