Finalist for the National Book Award 2019

An Observer, Literary Review and Time Book of the Year

'One of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity' The Times

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.
'A state-of-America family saga told as a slow-burn detective story' Observer

'Exceptionally rich' Sunday Times
'Confirms Lalami's reputation as one of our most sensitive interrogators, probing at the faultlines in family and the wider world' Financial Times

Laila Lalami is the author of five books, including The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. She lives in Los Angeles.