The release date for the English version of 'Real Life' by
Brandon Taylor is Feb 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
An electrifying new voice writes a book about shocking intimacy, brutality, and compassion among friends in a Midwestern university town.
Wallace lives in a Midwestern university town where almost everything about him is in conflict with his uneasy pursuit of a biochemistry degree. A black and gay reclusive young man from Alabama, he has moved away from his family but not from the dark memories of his early years. Wallace has maintained a cautious distance even within his own group of pals out of self-preservation; some are pretending to be straight, others are dating one other, and some are dating women. But throughout the course of a late-summer weekend, a string of altercations with coworkers and an unplanned meeting with an apparent straight, white classmate work together to shatter his barriers and reveal long-suppressed currents of animosity and desire inside their group.
Real Life is a book that explores the questions of whether and to what extent it is possible to heal our own scars. It is a work of deep and cutting impact.