Exit West: March Pick for "Now Read This"

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is the March 2018 selection for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times “Now Read This” Book Club
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price…
Listen to this author talk at Libro.fm partner store Politics and Prose, in which Mohsin Hamid reads selections from his book, and buy the Exit West audiobook on Libro.fm to support your local, independent bookstore with your purchase!

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