Rumaan Alam LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND First Edition Signed Bookplate
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Rumaan Alam LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND First Edition Signed Bookplate
First UK edition first print hardback of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND by Rumaan Alam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in 2020. Signed by Alam on a special publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Full numberline is 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. Exclusive Edition with stencilled edges, plus a Q&A.The book is in as new condition (red cloth boards with black lettering to spine). The book is in an unclipped dust jacket which is also in as new condition. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a holiday: 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. But with a late-night knock on the door, the spell is broken.
Ruth and G. H., an older couple who claim to own the home, have arrived there in a panic. These strangers say that a sudden power outage has swept the city, and - with nowhere else to turn - they have come to the country in search of shelter. But with the TV and internet down, and no phone service, the facts are unknowable. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple - and vice versa? What has happened back in New York? Is the holiday home, isolated from civilisation, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another?
An impossibly compelling literary thriller about the world we live in now, Rumaan Alam's novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped in moments of crisis - and how the most terrifying situations are never far from reality.
256 pages
ISBN: 9781526635020
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