Behold the dreamers : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.

Mbue, Imbolo, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0812998480
ISBN: 9780812998481
ISBN: 9780812998481 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0812998480 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780812989847 (international edition)
ISBN: 0812989848 (international edition)
ISBN: 9780525509714
ISBN: 0525509712
Physical Description: 382 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:

2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni's temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future--until Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. As the financial world threatens to collapse, the Jongas become desperate. And as their marriage threatens to fall apart, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.

Awards Note:

Pen/Faulkner Award, 2017.