The Last White Man
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  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241995556
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $22.99

The Last White Man

The New York Times Bestseller 2022

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5 Sep 2023
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11 Aug 2022
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11 Aug 2022
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From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change

One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover. Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land.

Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.

As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.
  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241995556
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School and worked for several years as a management consultant in New York. His first novel, Moth Smoke, was published in ten languages, won a Betty Trask Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His essays and journalism have appeared in Time, the New York Times and the Guardian, among others. His latest novel is The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) published by Penguin. Mohsin Hamid currently lives, works and writes in London.

http://www.mohsinhamid.com

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Also by Mohsin Hamid

Exit West
Discontent and Its Civilizations
How to Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia
Moth Smoke
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Praise for The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid's The Last White Man is a visionary novel exploring race and identity... it's another bracing achievement from a consummate master, its silken prose breathing fresh air into fusty debates about race and identity

Oprah Daily

A hypnotic race fable . . . In the hands of such a deft and humane writer as Hamid, a bizarre construct is moved far beyond any mere 'what if'

Guardian

The electric premise, borrowed from Kafka's The Metamorphosis, looks set to update a classic to make it urgently relevant

Evening Standard

[A] powerful contemporary update of Kafka's The Metamorphosis

A Financial Times Book of the Year