{"product_id":"the-late-americans-by-brandon-taylor-2","title":"The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780525538882 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"565\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a university town in the American Midwest a circle of lovers and friends try to work out what they want, and who they are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs they test their own desires in a series of relationships they are confronted by volatile figures in town, from unruly, vulnerable young poets to a local landlord harbouring a lifetime of resentment. Seamus, Fyodor, Ivan, Noah and Fatima ask themselves and each other: what is the right thing to stake a life on? Work, love, money, dance, poetry? Is love possible without harm? And what does true connection look like in an age of precarity?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The Late Americans is a full expression of his singular talent' Emma Cline, author of The Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Taylor is a sharp chronicler of the body' Raven Leilani, author of Luster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Elegant... [Taylor] has a Chekhovian generosity' Claire Messud, author of The Emperor's Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 320 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\" id=\"listenToAClip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44923501314263,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781529922073.jpg?v=1713263065","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/the-late-americans-by-brandon-taylor-2","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}