Asymmetry: A Novel

"Asymmetry is a novel that requires the reader to fill in some blanks. Like, what exactly do its three sections have in common? The first is about a May-December romance between a famous novelist and young woman who wants to be a writer. The second is the story of an Iraqi-American who is detained at Heathrow airport while en route to see his brother in Iraq. The third reveals the link between the two, though you can miss it if you blink. Taken as a whole, the book is at once entertaining and provocative, forcing you think about dichotomies that often dominate our lives: old vs. young, East vs. West, the powerful vs. the powerless."