From the bestselling author ofCaucasia, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and manners in contemporary America.

As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom. Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first dot-com boom and Maria is plugging away at her dissertation, on the Jonestown massacre. Theyve even landed a starring role in a documentary about new people like them, who are blurring the old boundaries as a brave new era dawns. Everything Maria knows she should want lies before heryet she cant stop daydreaming about another man, a poet she barely knows. As fantasy escalates to fixation, it dredges up secrets from the past and threatens to unravel not only Marias perfect new life but her very persona.

Heartbreaking and darkly comic,New Peopleis a bold and unfettered page-turner that challenges our every assumption about how we define one another, and ourselves.

Danzy Sennais the author of four previous works of fiction, including the bestsellingCaucasiaand, most recently,New People,as well as a memoir.The recipient of numerous awards and honors, she teaches writing at the University of Southern California.

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publish Date:July 31, 2018
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions:0.7″ H x 7.94″ L x 5.22″ W (0.49 lbs)
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC:9780399573149