Ayad Akhtar
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New York. Today. Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor is happy, in love, and about to land the biggest career promotion of his life. But beneath the veneer, success has come at a price. When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner party at their Upper East Side apartment, what starts out as a friendly conversation soon escalates into something far more damaging.
3) Disgraced
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Amir Kapoor is a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. Emily, his wife, is white; she's an artist, and her work is influenced by Islamic imagery. When the couple hosts a dinner party, what starts out as a friendly conversation escalates into something far more damaging.
5) Junk: a play
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"A fast-paced economic thriller that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s"--Publisher's web site.
Set in the teetering financial world of the 1980s, Junk is a fast-paced thriller that tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Merkin has been hailed as "America's Alchemist," and his proclamation that "debt is an asset" has propelled him to a dizzying...
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Una novela profundamente personal sobre la identidad y la pertenencia a una nación que se desmorona por completo, y que combina hechos reales y ficción para contar una historia épica de pertenencia y desposesión en el mundo que se creó tras el 11 de septiembre. En parte drama familiar, en parte sátira, en parte picaresca, esta es la historia de un padre y un hijo, y el país al que llaman hogar. Desde las ciudades del corazón de Estados Unidos...
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A novel of identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, HOMELAND ELEGIES tells an epic story of belonging and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part satire, part picaresque, at its heart it is the story of a father and son, and the country they call home.