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Ordinary New Yorkers are brought together in a story of betrayal, race, what connects us to each other – and what sets us apart

A ROXANE GAY BOOK CLUB 2024 SELECTION

'A marvel... A masterpiece' PAUL HARDING

'Prescient and profound' BRYAN WASHINGTON

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde, blue-eyed, pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown.

Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier, the restless teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt, nor Darla’s black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi, who stay behind to save their restaurant. During an upstate hike, Theo lets slip a long-held secret about his mixed-up ancestry – and when Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the perfect missing woman.

'A lush study' RAVEN LEILANI

'Riveting and original' CHARMAINE WILKERSON

 

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Publication: 8 Aug 2024, Vintage
ISBN: 9781787335288

Extent: 352 pages 

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      Description

      Ordinary New Yorkers are brought together in a story of betrayal, race, what connects us to each other – and what sets us apart

      A ROXANE GAY BOOK CLUB 2024 SELECTION

      'A marvel... A masterpiece' PAUL HARDING

      'Prescient and profound' BRYAN WASHINGTON

      Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde, blue-eyed, pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown.

      Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier, the restless teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt, nor Darla’s black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi, who stay behind to save their restaurant. During an upstate hike, Theo lets slip a long-held secret about his mixed-up ancestry – and when Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the perfect missing woman.

      'A lush study' RAVEN LEILANI

      'Riveting and original' CHARMAINE WILKERSON

       

      Hardback
      Publication: 8 Aug 2024, Vintage
      ISBN: 9781787335288

      Extent: 352 pages 

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