Open City

ANewYorkTimesNotableBook??Oneofthetentopnovelsoftheyear?—TimeandNPR?NAMEDABESTBOOKONMORETHANTWENTYEND-OF-THE-YEARLISTS,INCLUDINGTheNewYorker?TheAtlantic?TheEconomist?Newsweek/TheDailyBeast?TheNewRepublic?NewYorkDailyNews?LosAngelesTimes?TheBostonGlobe?TheSeattleTimes?MinneapolisStarTribune?GQ?Salon?Slate?NewYorkmagazine?TheWeek?TheKansasCityStar?KirkusReviewsAhauntingnovelaboutidentity,dislocation,andhistory,TejuCole’sOpenCityisaprofoundworkbyanimportantnewauthorwhohasmuchtosayaboutourcountryandourworld.?AlongthestreetsofManhattan,ayoungNigeriandoctornamedJuliuswanders,reflectingonhisrelationships,hisrecentbreakupwithhisgirlfriend,hispresent,hispast.Heencounterspeoplefromdifferentculturesandclasseswhowillprovideinsightonhisjourney—whichtakeshimtoBrussels,totheNigeriaofhisyouth,andintothemostunrecognizablefacetsofhisownsoul.“[A]prismaticdebut...beautiful,subtle,[and]original.”—TheNewYorker?“Apsychologicalhandgrenade.”—TheAtlantic?“Magnificent...aremarkablyresonantfeatofprose.”—TheSeattleTimes?“Apreciseandpoeticmeditationonlove,race,identity,friendship,memory,[and]dislocation.”—TheEconomist