a novel of startling intimacy violence and mercy among friends in a midwestern university town from an electric new voice a novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late summer weekend and a lifetime of buried pain 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 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 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 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
brandon taylor
riverhead books
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