Two must-read satirical summer novels.
As Asha finds herself disillusioned, the reader finds someone to root for.
But this is a devilishly au courant satire that skewers white privilege and colonialism.
Credit: Scribner; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Amanda’s husband is an embassy wonk who lured his family to the African country under dangerously false pretenses.
Mila, a Namibian, has the most crooked husband and the hottest takes on American exceptionalism.
(In bookstores July 13)
Grade: B+
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