Every Exit Brings You Home
'A work of magic' Washington Post
$31.19
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
A moving and haunting portrait of a Palestinian immigrant’s heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy.
In Chicago in 2007, as the sub-prime mortgage crisis looms, Jamal ‘Jack’ Shaban is trying to save his neighbours’ debt-ridden homes. At work, his flight attendant colleagues assume he’s gay, as he hides his desire for his closest friend, a Midwestern stewardess. At home, Jack and his traditional Muslim wife, Dimra, are desperate to have a child…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398564916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398564915 |
| Author: | Naeem Murr |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Naeem Murr
Naeem Murr, a dual US and UK citizen, is the author of four novels: The Boy, a New York Times Notable Book; The Genius of the Sea; The Perfect Man, which was awarded The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, and was longlisted for the Booker Prize; and Every Exit Brings You Home. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, among his awards are a Pushcart Prize, a Lannan Residency Fellowship, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Chicago and teaches at Northwestern University.
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