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“In this non-putdownable puzzle of a story, Khemiri manages to both thrill and break your heart.”
— Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author
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“Compelling…In this painful novel about youthful optimism gone hopelessly wrong, Khemiri dramatizes such immigration-related issues as failures in elder care, unemployment and dead-end jobs, drug abuse, and racial prejudice.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Khemiri’s stylistic approach is sure to keep readers…enthralled every step of the way.”
— BookPage
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“The characters…resonating with internal conflict and arch humor, are ably rendered in Willson-Broyles’ translation.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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'A generation-defining writer'
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'My books of the year [include] Jonas Hassen Khemiri's enigmatic novel'
— Joyce Carol Oates
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‘Heartbreakingly sad and laugh-out-loud funny . . . Its chorus of drifters, romantics and cynics stick in the memory, each competing to tell their own truth’
— Hari Kunzru
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'Unforgettable. In this non-putdownable puzzle of a story, Khemiri manages to both thrill and break your heart'
— Gary Shteyngart
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'Khemiri's audacious and richly drawn novel pushes the boundaries of literary fiction . . . Beneath the structural pyrotechnics lies a broader story of imposition, appropriation and lack of individual agency: that of the immigrant experience'
— Lucy Scholes, The National