“Some things seem predictable, after they have happened, when before they might have seemed unlikely.”
“An engrossing book that inspires the reader to consider a life of adventure, history, science, or, in the case of some of the characters in this story, combinatio
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“Leslie does a fantastic job here of writing in a compelling way . . .”
“What lingers is Lalami’s indisputable prescience—the book confronts us with our fears of occupying a society as indifferent as it is arbitrary . . .”
