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0008237999

Behold the dreamers.

Author: Mbue, Imbolo.

Publication year: 2017

Language: English

Media class: Paperback

Publisher: London : 4th Estate, 2017.

ISBN: 0008237999 9780008237998 (pbk.) : 8.99

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Originally published: 2016.

New York, 2007: a city of dreamers and strivers, where the newly-arrived and the long-established jostle alike for a place on the ladder of success. And Jende Jonga, who has come from Cameroon, has just set his foot on the first rung. Clark Edwards is a senior partner at Lehman Brothers bank. In need of a reliable chauffeur, he is too preoccupied to closely check the paperwork of his latest employee. Jende's new job draws him, his wife Neni and their young son into the privileged orbit of the city's financial elite. And when Clark's wife Cindy offers Neni work and takes her into her confidence, the couple begin to believe that the land of opportunity might be opening up for them.

Pen/Faulkner Award