Alam’s books include Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, and Leave the World Behind. Rumaan Alam's latest novel, Leave the World Behind, centers on a white family and an older Black couple who find themselves together in a beautiful vacation house on Long Island while a power. Rumaan Alam is a writer, author, contributing editor at The New Republic, and co-host of the podcasts Outward and Working. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple-and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other? 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. Rumaan Alam's latest novel, Leave the World Behind, centers on a white family and an older Black couple who find themselves together in a beautiful vacation house on. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. are an older couple-it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Author Rumaan Alam talks with NPT host Mary Laura Philpott about his novel LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND.

A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend. A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrongĪmanda 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. And that gives you your access into the book. Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award (Fiction).

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