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
