The Rich People Have Gone Away
Regina Porter
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From the publisher
A group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman in this electric novel of secrets, connection and community.
**A ROXANE GAY BOOK CLUB PICK**
‘Absolutely unputdownable’ CLAIRE LOMBARDO, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had
‘Riveting and original’ CHARMAINE WILKERSON, author of Black Cake
Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde, blue-eyed, pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown. Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier, the restless teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt, nor Darla’s black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi, who stay behind to save their restaurant.
During an upstate hike, Theo lets slip a long-held secret about his mixed-up ancestry. When Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the perfect missing woman…
‘A lush study of relationships’ RAVEN LEILANI, author of Luster
‘As gripping as it is clever’ i PAPER
‘Astounding… We’re so lucky to have it’ BRYAN WASHINGTON, author of Memorial
‘A marvel… A masterpiece’ PAUL HARDING, author of This Other Eden
‘Glorious’ GARY SHTEYNGART, author of Our Country Friends