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A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. 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...

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.

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...

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.

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...