Hangman Maya Binyam

Hangman

Author: Maya Binyam
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Book Title
Hangman
Author
Maya Binyam
ISBN
9780374610074
An enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond. In the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up. A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother--setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying. In Hangman, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, riddles, and strangers that will lead to the truth. It is an uncommonly assured debut: an existential journey; a tragic farce; a slapstick tragedy; and a strange, and strangely honest, story of one man's stubborn quest to find refuge--in this world and in the world that lies beyond it.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Maya BinyamPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: 08/08/2023ISBN: 9780374610074Pages: 208Weight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00dReview Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2023 pg. 6Publishers Weekly 06/19/2023

An enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond.

In the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up.

A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother--setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying.

In Hangman, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, riddles, and strangers that will lead to the truth.

It is an uncommonly assured debut: an existential journey; a tragic farce; a slapstick tragedy; and a strange, and strangely honest, story of one man's stubborn quest to find refuge--in this world and in the world that lies beyond it.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Maya Binyam
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 08/08/2023
ISBN: 9780374610074
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2023 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 06/19/2023

An enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond.

In the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up.

A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother--setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying.

In Hangman, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, riddles, and strangers that will lead to the truth.

It is an uncommonly assured debut: an existential journey; a tragic farce; a slapstick tragedy; and a strange, and strangely honest, story of one man's stubborn quest to find refuge--in this world and in the world that lies beyond it.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Maya Binyam
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 08/08/2023
ISBN: 9780374610074
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2023 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 06/19/2023