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The Perfect Man
The Perfect Man
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Europe and South Asia.
Winner of the 2008 PEN Beyond Margins Award. Identity, friendship, and a long-hidden crime lie at the heart of Naeem Murr's captivating novel about five friends growing up in a small 1950s Missouri river town. A contender for the Man Booker Prize, this exhilarating story beautifully evokes the extreme joys, as well as the dark and shameful desires, of childhood. Young Rajiv Travers hasn't had much luck fitting in anywhere. Born to an Indian mother who was sold to his English father for 20, Raj is abandoned by his relatives into the reluctant care of Ruth, an American romance writer living in Pisgah, Missouri. While his skin color unsettles most of the townsfolk, who are used to seeing things in black and white, the quick-witted Raj soon finds his place among a group of children his own age. While the friends remain loyal to one another through the years, it becomes clear that their paths will veer in markedly different directions. But breaking free of the demands of their families and their community, as well as one another, comes at a devastating price: As the chilling secrets of Pisgah's residents surface, the madness that erupts will cost Raj his closest friend even as it offers him the life he always dreamed of. Taking us into the intimate life of small-town America, The Perfect Man explores both the power of the secrets that shape us and the capacity of love in all its guises to heal even the most damaged of souls.
Author: Naeem Murr
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 04/17/2007
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.58w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780812977011
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Best Books 03/01/2007 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 03/26/2007 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2007 pg. 303
Booklist 04/15/2007 pg. 23
Library Journal 05/15/2007 pg. 81
Entertainment Weekly 05/25/2007 pg. 88
New York Times 06/10/2007 pg. 11
School Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 229
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2007 pg. 40
Winner of the 2008 PEN Beyond Margins Award. Identity, friendship, and a long-hidden crime lie at the heart of Naeem Murr's captivating novel about five friends growing up in a small 1950s Missouri river town. A contender for the Man Booker Prize, this exhilarating story beautifully evokes the extreme joys, as well as the dark and shameful desires, of childhood. Young Rajiv Travers hasn't had much luck fitting in anywhere. Born to an Indian mother who was sold to his English father for 20, Raj is abandoned by his relatives into the reluctant care of Ruth, an American romance writer living in Pisgah, Missouri. While his skin color unsettles most of the townsfolk, who are used to seeing things in black and white, the quick-witted Raj soon finds his place among a group of children his own age. While the friends remain loyal to one another through the years, it becomes clear that their paths will veer in markedly different directions. But breaking free of the demands of their families and their community, as well as one another, comes at a devastating price: As the chilling secrets of Pisgah's residents surface, the madness that erupts will cost Raj his closest friend even as it offers him the life he always dreamed of. Taking us into the intimate life of small-town America, The Perfect Man explores both the power of the secrets that shape us and the capacity of love in all its guises to heal even the most damaged of souls.
Author: Naeem Murr
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 04/17/2007
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.58w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780812977011
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Best Books 03/01/2007 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 03/26/2007 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2007 pg. 303
Booklist 04/15/2007 pg. 23
Library Journal 05/15/2007 pg. 81
Entertainment Weekly 05/25/2007 pg. 88
New York Times 06/10/2007 pg. 11
School Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 229
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2007 pg. 40
About the Author
Naeem Murr is the author of The Genius of the Sea and The Boy, a New York Times Notable Book. A recipient of numerous awards and scholarships for his writing, he has published many acclaimed stories, novellas, and nonfiction pieces in literary journals. He was a Stanford University Creative Writing Fellow, and was recently awarded a Lannan Residency Fellowship. He has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Missouri, Western Michigan University, and Northwestern University. Born and raised in London, he has lived in America since his early twenties, and currently resides in Chicago. Visit the author's website at www.naeemmurr.com.
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