The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

Assures Taylor's position as one of the most important novelists of his generation'GUARDIAN
 
What was happiness if not this moment, if not then, right then, the group of them, together for maybe the last time, coming together for this moment, for this very instant, what were they if not happy? In a university town in the American Midwest a circle of lovers and friends try to work out what they want, and who they are, in the inimitable new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Real Life.
 
'Remarkable'FINANCIAL TIMES
'Dazzling'HARPER'S BAAZAR