The exhilarating new novel from the author of Leave the World Behind the book of an era Independent These characters their money and their morality come together in an absolutely devastating thunderclap KILEY REID bestselling author of Come and Get It A slow burn tale of connivance and deceit with a knockout ending OBSERVER Money talks But what if it lies An ambitious young Black woman plotting her way into the world of the one percent An old white billionaire facing his own extinction He s attracted to her intelligence her refusal to be deferential maybe also her Blackness She s drawn to his power and money and his apparent willingness to share both with her But how far is each prepared to go to get what they think they deserve Taut unsettling and alive to the seductive distortions of money Entitlement is a biting tale for our new gilded age A GUARDIAN HIGHLIGHT FOR 2024 Praise for Leave the World Behind Alam is a worthy descendant of Don DeLillo SUNDAY TIMES A book that could have been tailor made for our times THE TIMES Intense incisive I loved this DAVID NICHOLLS I was hooked from the opening pages CLARE MACKINTOSH
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781526674180
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 288
Tiempo de lectura:
5h 55m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 17/09/2024
Año de edición: 2024
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Rumaan Alam
Rumaan Alam és l’autor de les novel·les Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother i del best-seller del New York Times Deixar el món enrere. Els seus articles han aparegut a The New York Times, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Bookforum i The New Republic, on és editor i col·laborador. Va estudiar escriptura a l’Oberlin College i viu a Nova York amb la seva família.