Verdict: carrot
As a Nigerian who has lived long stretches in the UK, Los Angeles and Chicago and whose novel “Graceland” in part concerned itself with the allure and dangers of identity shape-shifting, Chris Abani understands what cultural displacement can do to a person’s sense of self. In his powerful new novel, “The Secret History of Las Vegas,” Abani places his lost souls in a double-bind of assimilation: His protagonists are trying to shed their guilt over past sins as they attempt to transition into a simulacrum of a normal American life.
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- The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani
EAN: 9780143124955
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