Afsheen Farhadi

The cult drama of The Girls meets Yellowface's searing exploration of lies, immigration, and identity in this propulsive literary thriller debut. A grieving actor-turned-memoirist reimagines his mother's encounter with Jonestown's Jim Jones—except it's mostly all lies... Actor Jal Persad is enjoying moderate success when the death of his mother, Rita, sends him into a tailspin—after all, how could he grieve...