Homeland Elegies Av Ayad Akhtar

<p><b>AN <i>ECONOMIST</i>,<i> NEW YORK TIMES </i>AND <i>WASHINGTON POST</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>''Outstanding... it is hard to convey the breadth and brilliance of this work'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><b>''A beautiful novel about an American son and his immigrant father that has echoes of THE GREAT GATSBY'' N<i>ew York Times<br></i></b><br>A deeply personal novel of identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, HOMELAND ELEGIES blends fact and fiction to tell 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.<br><br>Ranging from the heartland towns of America to palatial suites in Europe to guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, Akhtar forges a narrative voice that is original as it is exuberantly entertaining. This is a world in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, wher