![]() But in this rural area-with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service-it’s hard to know what to believe. Addressing race, risk, retreat, and the ripple effects of a national emergency, Alam's novel is just in time for this moment. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. ![]() ![]() are an older black couple-it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Rumaan Alam, a Brooklynite himself, begins his third novel, Leave the World Behind (2020), as if it were a domestic comedy of manners about a Brooklyn. "The world was over, so why not dance? The morning would come, so why not sleep? An end was inevitable, so why not drink, eat, enjoy the moment, whatever it contained?" LEAVE THE WORLD BEHINDĪ magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.Īmanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. ![]()
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