About this Event
Join us for an in-person event with debut author Allen Bratton for the launch of his debut novel Henry Henry. Joining Allen in conversation is New York Times best-selling author Brandon Taylor. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.
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LAUGH NOW. CRY LATER.
Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere...
It’s London, 2014, and Hal Lancaster, son and heir of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, is in a holding pattern: his mother is dead, his father is dying or remarrying or both, his siblings are fighting, his internship is pointless, and nobody will leave him alone.
Everything is as it should be and yet nothing is right. Over the course of a year of partying, drinking, and flirting to dubious consequence, Hal is tested by brutal family legacies, Catholic guilt, and the terrifying possibility of being loved. The House of Lancaster will never be the same.
Crackling with intelligence and wit, Henry Henry is a brilliant recasting of the Henriad in which Hal Lancaster is a queer protagonist for a new era. Allen Bratton arrives as a successor to Waugh and St. Aubyn with this lush, stylish novel of family, legacy, and what it means to be alive today.
Allen Bratton was raised in Alexandria, Virginia. He’s since spent time in West Texas, New York City, London, Vancouver, and Dublin. He holds an MA in English Language and Literatures, having written a thesis on medieval English kingship. Henry Henry is his first novel.
Photo credit: Dónal Talbot
Brandon Taylor is the author of the novels Real Life and The Late Americans and the story collection Filthy Animals. He lives in New York.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States
USD 5.00 to USD 29.00