![]() But its setting seems to be modeled on the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where Taylor got an M.F.A. Narrators can be unreliable and writers create imaginary worlds. It’s usually ill-advised to believe that fiction is closely linked to the lives of authors. ![]() Many of its characters have experienced the impact of the 2008 recession. Taylor, whose first novel “Real Life,” was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize, has given us a campus novel filled with the complex realities of our time: racism, sexism, 21st century capitalism and classism. You won’t find students canoodling, savoring the bright blue sky, engaging in congenial dorm bull sessions or writing poems about blue herons. The “townies” work on farms, factories, and stores. ![]() Most of the grad students are poets, fiction writers, dancers, and musicians working toward master’s degrees. Most of the characters are graduate students at the University of Iowa along with some “townies” (people who aren’t students and live in the town).
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