HOME BOY

They are renaissance men. They are bon vivants. They are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium: AC a gangsta rap spouting academic; Jimbo a hulking Pushtun deejay from the streets of Jersey City; and Chuck a wideeyed kid fresh-off-the-boat from the homeland. But when they embark on a road-trip to the hinterland weeks after 9/11 in search of the Shaman a Gatsbyesque compatriot who seemingly disappears into thin air things go horribly wrong. Suddenly they find themselves in a changed charged America. Rollicking bittersweet and sharply observed Home Boy is an immigrant's tale a mystery and a beautiful story of love and loss that announces the arrival of an electrifying new voice in contemporary fiction.