Author: daveeggers

From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners’ role in a nation’s fragile peace.An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the … company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But…

A New York Times bestseller: Based on a true story, this “absolute classic” (People) traces one boy’s journey from his Sudanese village to a new life in the United States. “It is impossible to read this book and not be humbled, enlightened, transformed” (New York Times bestselling author Khaled Hosseini).

National Bestseller The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days … business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a…

From a Pulitzer Prize nominee who is “fast becoming one of our fiercest and most compelling writers” (The Sunday Times) comes a novel that brims with “inventiveness and gusto” (Margaret Atwood): In the near future, Mae discovers a shattering truth about massive internet corporation, the Circle.