Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, two young people notice one another.

They share a cup of coffee, a smile, an evening meal. They try not to hear the sound of bombs getting closer every night, the radio announcing new laws, the public executions.

Meanwhile, rumours are spreading of strange black doors in secret places across the city, doors that lead to London or San Francisco, Greece or Dubai. Some day soon, the time will come for this young couple to find a door of their own: joining the multitudes fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world.

Exit West is a love story from the eye of the storm. It is an extraordinary feat of hope and compassion. Crossing borders and continents, Mohsin Hamid tells of a world in crisis and two human beings travelling through it, of how we live now and how we might live tomorrow.

*Mohsin Hamid is one of the most talented and formally audacious writers of his generation' Daily Telegraph