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Minor Black Figures
€ 18.75
ISBN: 9781787336438
Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor
'One of the most accomplished, important novelists of his generation' Guardian
'A piercing, precise, and affecting tale of young love and high art' Kirkus
Wyeth is a newcomer to New York, a young Black painter who is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. He shares a studio with his friends and earns money working for a gallery and an art restorer but he's struggling with his portrait painting, unable to truly capture the life of his subjects.
Then he meets Keating, a white former priest struggling with his faith. The two men seemingly have nothing in common, and yet Keating shows Wyeth how to see the world anew. The hot summer progresses, filled with art openings, walks around the city, and Wyeth's search for a long-forgotten Black artist. But as the men grow closer, the differences between them become more stark, until Wyeth and Keating must decide what they are willing to risk - for art and for love.
A page-turning New York novel and a sweeping modern romance, Minor Black Figures is an involving and tender portrait of loneliness and connection.
'Brandon Taylor is without a doubt our laureate of hyper-intelligent yearning - nobody does it better' Lit Hub
Praise for Brandon Taylor:
'Taylor has both a classic sensibility, expansive and elegant, and a razor-sharp ability to speak to the contemporary moment' Emma Cline
'A writer of rare daring, his fiction a series of revelations' Katie Kitamura
'The moment-to-moment pleasures of Taylor's prose are such that you simultaneously cannot wait to see where he takes you next while being happy for him to take you anywhere' Colin Barrett
400 pages.
Not Yet Published.
Printed on or after 19/03/26. Please note dispatch may take 5-10 days after publication date.
A separate order should be placed for this item. If you order this along with other items, your entire order will be held and despatched when complete.
Date of Publication: 19/03/2026
