“The Help meets House of Cards meets the read that’ll make you forget all about your morning commute.”
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel by Imbolo Mbue

“The Help meets House of Cards meets the read that’ll make you forget all about your morning commute.”

Behold the Dreamers: A Novel

A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream—the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy.

Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award