Brandon Taylor Minor Black Figures review and information of the content of the new novel by the American author. Riverhead Books will publish the new Brandon Taylor novel, on October 14, 2025.
Brandon Taylor Minor Black Figures review
- “Taylor’s most accomplished novel – a sustained, idiosyncratic portrait of an artist.” (The New York Times Book Review)
- “Brandon Taylor is a literary superstar … Taylor’s third novel [is] a smart and soulful exploration set in the world of art (both contemporary and historical). The book deftly explores race and sexuality, religion and community, and the way love can change a life.” (The Boston Globe)
- “A meditative, illuminating portrait of friendship and competition, belief systems and the connections between us all.” (People)
- “Dazzling … a poetic meditation on Black art, friendship, young love and intimacy.” (USA Today)
Minor Black Figures
- Author: Brandon Taylor (United States)
- Book type: American novel
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- Released: 14 October 2025
- Length: 400 pages
- Format: hardcover / paperback / ebook / audiobook
- Prize: $ 39.00
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
Blurb of the new novel by Brandon Taylor
The story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity.
New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.
After attending a dubious show put on by a collective of careerist artists, he retreats to a bar in the West Village where he meets Keating, a former seminarian. Over the long summer, as the two get to know each another, they talk and argue about God, sex, and art.
Meanwhile, at his job working for an art restorer, Wyeth begins to investigate the life and career of a forgotten, minor black artist. His search yields potential answers to questions that Wyeth is only now beginning to ask about what it means to be a black artist making black art amid the mess and beauty of life itself.
As he did so brilliantly in the Booker Prize finalist Real Life and the bestselling The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor brings alive a captivating set of characters, this time at work and at play in the competitive art world. Minor Black Figures is a vividly etched portrait, both sweeping and tender, of friendship, creativity, belief, and the deep connections among them.
Brandon Taylor is born June 1, 1989 in Prattville, Alabama. He the author of the novels The Late Americans and Real Life, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a Science + Literature Selected Title by the National Book Foundation. His collection Filthy Animals, a national bestseller, was awarded The Story Prize and shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He lives in New York City.