![]() ![]() Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped-and unexpected new ones are forged-in moments of crisis. Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. ![]() Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple-and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other? ![]() But in this rural area-with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service-it’s hard to know what to believe. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam review an X-ray of America This page-turning thriller about class and race in the midst of unfolding catastrophe explores stasis, indecision and the. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. are an older couple-it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. He is the author of three novels, the latest of which, Leave the World Behind, got rave reviews when it came out in hardback last year. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. R umaan Alam was born in 1977 and raised in Washington DC. ![]() Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. ![]()
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