Homeland Elegies

"If you’re looking around and wondering how on earth we got here, check out Ayad Akhtar’s latest tour de force. The narrator in Homeland Elegies is a first-generation American born to Pakistani immigrants to the U.S. His father treated Donald Trump for a heart condition once and has decided, on that basis alone, that he’s trustworthy, which is deeply frustrating to the narrator. Meanwhile, the narrator gets involved in a scheme run by a charming capitalist whose consequences are more far-reaching than he knows. A romp, a tragedy and a serious look at the American obsession with money: You don’t want to miss this."

"When I was reading Ayad Akhtar's 'Homeland Elegies,' for instance, I'd be at my desk the next morning and try to begin the day writing one sentence with two words as interesting as his pairing 'orphic concordances.'"