Laila Lalami The Other Americans Paperback Book

Finalist for the National Book Award 2019 An Observer, Literary Review and Time Book of the YearOne of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity The TimesLate one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters, deeply divided by race, religion and class. As the characters tell their stories and the mystery unfolds, Drisss family is forced to confront its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, in all its messy and unpredictable forms, is born. A stateofAmerica family saga told as a slowburn detective story ObserverExceptionally rich Sunday TimesConfirms Lalamis reputation as one of our most sensitive interrogators, probing at the faultlines in family and the wider world Financial Times | Laila Lalami The Other Americans Paperback Book