Rumaan Alam's 'Leave the World Behind'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 30, 2020

[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 5, 2020] Rumaan Alam joins us to discuss his new novel, Leave the World Behind, which was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction. Set at an AirBnb in a remote corner of Long Island, Amanda and Clay are on vacation with their two teenage children. Late one night, Ruth and G.H., an older couple, knock on their door bringing the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city … and that a mysterious apocalyptic event is coming.



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