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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2021 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Ayad Akhtar's genre-blending novel poses as autofiction and charts a Pakistani-American playwright's reckoning with his father's admiration for Donald Trump and America's relationship with Islam. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
About the Author
Ayad AkhtarAmerican
Ayad Akhtar (born 1970) is an award-winning American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani descent, best known for his play Disgraced, which earned the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and novels American Dervish (2012) and Homeland Elegies (2020), the latter winning the 2021 American Book Award. Ayad Akhtar.
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