{"product_id":"homeland-elegies-by-ayad-akhtar-9781472276896","title":"Homeland Elegies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/em\u003e AND \u003cem\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/em\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I read it in a fever, swept up in the kind of rapture you fall into when your most audacious friend kicks off on a hilarious, outrageous, but deeply sincere rant' Torrey Peters, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e Books of the Summer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A beautiful novel about an American son and his immigrant father that has echoes of \u003cem\u003eTHE GREAT GATSBY\u003c\/em\u003e' \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA deeply personal novel of identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, \u003cem\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of belonging and dispossession in the world that 9\/11 made. Part family drama, part satire, part picaresque, at its heart it is the story of a father and son, and the country they call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRanging from the heartland towns of America to palatial suites in Europe to guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, Akhtar forges a narrative voice that is as original as it is exuberantly entertaining. This is a world in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear and the unhealed wounds of 9\/11 continue to wreak havoc. \u003cem\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel written in love and anger, which spares no one, least of all the author himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711855022316,"sku":"9781472276896","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4906483482712.jpg?v=1754251251","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/homeland-elegies-by-ayad-akhtar-9781472276896","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}