Entitlement: The exhilarating new novel from the author of Leave the World Behind - Softcover

Alam, Rumaan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 152667422X ISBN 13: 9781526674227

Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus, 2024

Synopsis

The exhilarating new novel from the author of Leave the World Behind - 'the book of an era' (Independent)

'Expertly observed' GUARDIAN
'A slow-burn tale of connivance and deceit with a knockout ending' OBSERVER
'An engrossing exploration of the pitfalls of privilege and philanthropy' SPECTATOR

Money talks. But what if it lies?

An ambitious young Black woman, plotting her way into the world of the one percent.
An old white billionaire, facing his own extinction.
He's attracted to her intelligence, her refusal to be deferential, maybe also her Blackness.
She's drawn to his power and money - and his apparent willingness to share both with her.
But how far is each prepared to go to get what they think they deserve?

Taut, unsettling, and alive to the seductive distortions of money, Entitlement is a biting tale for our new gilded age.

*A GUARDIAN HIGHLIGHT FOR 2024*

Praise for Leave the World Behind
'Alam is a worthy descendant of Don DeLillo' SUNDAY TIMES
'A book that could have been tailor-made for our times' THE TIMES
'Intense, incisive, I loved this' DAVID NICHOLLS
'I was hooked from the opening pages' CLARE MACKINTOSH

About this title

About the Author

Rumaan Alam is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Leave the World Behind, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and adapted into a major motion picture, as well as two other novels. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn.

From the Back Cover

Brooke wants. She isn't in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world, to impress her mother along the way, to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away a vast fortune could help her achieve many of these goals. It may inspire new desires as well: proximity to wealth turns out to be nothing less than transformative. What is money, really, but a kind of

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152667422X
• ISBN 13: 9781526674227
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288