Naeem Murr

Photograph by Averill Murr

About The Author

Naeem Murr, a dual US and UK citizen, is the author of four novels: The Boy, a New York Times Notable Book; The Genius of the SeaThe Perfect Man, which was awarded The Commonwealth Writersʼ Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, and was longlisted for the Booker Prize; and Every Exit Brings You Home. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, among his awards are a Pushcart Prize, a Lannan Residency Fellowship, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Chicago and teaches at Northwestern University.

Books by Naeem Murr

Every Exit Brings You Home

'A work of magic' Washington Post

A moving and haunting portrait of a Palestinian immigrant’s heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy.

In Chicago in 2007, as the sub-prime mortgage crisis looms, Jamal ‘Jack’ Shaban is trying to save his neighbours’ debt-ridden homes. At work, his flight at...

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