My Friends
WINNER OF THE 2024 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • One of Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of the Year • A “masterly” (The New York Times), “riveting” (The Atlantic) novel of friendship, family, and the unthinkable realities of exile, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return.
“Quite possibly Hisham Matar's best work yet. . . . Very few writers alive can converse with negative space the way Matar does, and My Friends is stunning, beautiful proof.” —Omar El Akkad, Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author of What Strange Paradise
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