{"product_id":"the-other-americans-by-laila-lalami-9781526606716","title":"The Other Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award 2019 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A state-of-America family saga told as a slow-burn detective story' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exceptionally rich' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Confirms Lalami's reputation as one of our most sensitive interrogators, probing at the faultlines in family and the wider world' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288959303916,"sku":"9781526606716","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14574673482731.jpg?v=1770582941","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-other-americans-by-laila-lalami-9781526606716","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}