The Book of Goose

"There’s no American author more consistently surprising than Yiyun Li. One of the country’s most brilliant novelists, Li seems incapable of repeating herself. Her latest book follows a pair of poverty-stricken teenage girls in post-World War II France who decide to pull off a literary hoax; the results come as a surprise not just to them, but to the reader. Witty, dark and beautifully written, this is a great place to start if you’ve never read Li before. (Honestly, though, there’s no bad place to start.)"