Behold the dreamers : a novel /
2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and l...
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Random House,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2016] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni's temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future--until Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. As the financial world threatens to collapse, the Jongas become desperate. And as their marriage threatens to f |
Carrier Form: | 382 pages ; 25 cm |
ISBN: |
9780812998481 (hardcover : acid-free paper) : 0812998480 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780812989847 (international edition) 9780812998498 (ebook) 0812998499 (ebook) 0812989848 (ebook) |
Index Number: | PS3613 |
CLC: | I712.45 |
Call Number: | I712.45/M478-6 |