The Other Americans Av Laila Lalami

<p><b>Finalist for the National Book Award 2019 </b><br><br><b>An <i>Observer</i>, <i>Literary Review </i>and <i>Time </i>Book of the Year</b><br><br><b>''One of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity'' <i>The Times</i><br></b><br>Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters, deeply divided by race, religion and class. As the characters tell their stories and the mystery unfolds, Driss’s family is forced to confront its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, in all its messy and unpredictable forms, is born.<br><br><b>''A state-of-America family saga told as a slow-burn detective story'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>''Exceptionally rich'' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>''Confirms Lalami''s reputation as one of our most sensitive interrogators, probing at the faultlines in family and the wider world'' <i>Financial Times</i></b></p>