NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMESNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • The Root • The Telegraph • The Globe and MailNATIONAL BESTSELLER •...

A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss, dislocation, and surrender, Teju Cole's Open City seethes with intelligence. It is a profound work by an important new author who has much to say about our country and our...