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A NEW YORK TIMES NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 2026 A TIME MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 ‘Simply put, a work of genius.’ Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water A mysterious accident along a country road sparks an awakening and an investigation in Pulitzer...

AN ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Outstanding... it is hard to convey the breadth and brilliance of this work' Observer 'A beautiful novel about an American son and his immigrant father that has echoes of THE GREAT GATSBY' New York Times A deeply personal novel...

From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had...

Un racconto intimo sul reale valore dell’identità, sulle difficoltà di essere americano e mussulmano nel mondo post 11 settembre, ma anche la storia dell’influenza della crisi economica e della cavalcata elettorale di Trump nei rapporti tra un padre immigrato, che ama gli Stati Uniti e tutto ciò che rappresentano anche quando ciò mette in pericolo la sua stessa posizione e sicurezza, e un figlio, americano per nascita e formazione, che però inizia a dubitare dei valori con cui è cresciuto, quelli domestici, ma soprattutto quelli patriottici e consumistici tipici della sua generazione.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as...

In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his captors manipulate and master the world commodities and currency markets.

From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and author of Homeland Elegies, a "sparkling and combustible" play about identity in America after September 11 (Bloomberg). "In dialogue that bristles with wit and intelligence, Akhtar puts contemporary attitudes toward religion under a microscope...

Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam - she’s encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner party for Amir’s colleague Jory and her husband Isaac, the hard truths revealed lead to the unraveling of their carefully constructed lives.

This "profound and provocative" work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish followsan immigrant father and his son as they search for belonging—in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews). "Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." —Salman...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Most Anticipated Books of the Year by Time · Best Books of September by The New York Times and NPR · Best Books of Fall by The Boston Globe · A Must-Read of September by Vulture “Alive...vivid...heartfelt.” —AO Scott, The New York Times “A towering accomplishment...

»Ein herzzereißendes Porträt von Amerikanern, die von der Welt nach 9/11 zum Anderssein verbannt wurden.« Jennifer Egan »Genau der Schriftsteller, den wir brauchen.« Daniel Kehlmann, FAZ »Leidenschaftlich, verstörend, fesselnd.« Salman Rushdie Ayad Akhtars »Homeland Elegien « ist ein...