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"The best novel I've read in years." --Christian Wiman, author of My Bright Abyss
A profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant's heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy.
Brief description: Naeem Murr is the author of three novels, including The Boy (a New York Times Notable Book) and The Perfect Man (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize). A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, he's been awarded a regional Commonwealth Writers Prize, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Chicago.
Review Quotes: For too long, Naeem Murr's name has been whispered among judging panels instead of toasted in book clubs. Since his 1998 debut, The Boy, he has received the kind of critical accolades that confer honor but not sales. His latest novel, with the poetic if enigmatic title Every Exit Brings You Home, deserves to awaken a much larger audience.--Ron Charles "Washington Post"