This Great Hemisphere

"A wonderful Russian nesting doll of a novel, This Great Hemisphere is futuristic, dystopian speculative fiction with a wildly inventive and thoughtful allegory of race at the center. It’s also a moving saga about love and family, as well as a twisty political thriller. In the heroine Sweetmint’s world, people like her have second-class citizenship because their skin is invisible. When a political assassination sets off a manhunt for the killer, she’s determined to find her long-missing brother, the unlikely prime suspect, before the security forces can get to him. In my fantasies, I produce the inevitable film adaptation of this incredibly original story."