Phil Melanson

Florenzer Phil Melanson

Set in Renaissance-era Florence, this ravishing debut reimagines the intersecting lives of three ambitious young men-a banker, a priest, and a gay painter named Leonardo.

“A dazzlingly prescient parable of ambition, greed, and wealth rattling even the firmest foundations. Like the fractured Italy leaping from its pages full of life and sound and smell, Florenzer churns at the quicksilver pace of creation itself.” —Isa Arsén, author of Shoot the Moon

Allstora’s July selection for “The (Very Gay) Book Club”

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize