The other americans a novel6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good his widow Maryam, who still pines after her life in the old country Efrain, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward Jeremy, a former classmate of Nora's and now a veteran of the Iraq war Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son's secrets Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family and Driss himself. ![]() Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. All I saw was a man falling to the ground. COETZEE 'A writer of uncommon conviction and tremendous insight' VIET THANH NGUYEN There wasn't anything I could do. Impeccably written' ROXANE GAY 'A deftly constructed account of a crime and its consequences' J.M. 'A provocative and gripping novel by a gifted writer' JOHN BOYNE 'Remarkable, timely. ![]()
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