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Entitlement

By: Rumaan Alam
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
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Bloomsbury presents Entitlement by Rumaan Alam, read by Nicole Lewis

The exhilarating new novel from the author of Leave the World Behind – ‘the book of an era’ (Independent)

‘These characters, their money, and their morality come together in an absolutely devastating thunderclap’ KILEY REID, bestselling author of Come and Get It

Money talks. But what if it lies?

An ambitious young Black woman, plotting her way into the world of the one percent.
An old white billionaire, facing his own extinction.
He’s attracted to her intelligence, her refusal to be deferential, maybe also her Blackness.
She’s drawn to his power and money – and his apparent willingness to share both with her.
But how far is each prepared to go to get what they think they deserve?

Taut, unsettling, and alive to the seductive distortions of money, Entitlement is a biting tale for our new gilded age.

*A GUARDIAN HIGHLIGHT FOR 2024*

©2024 Rumaan Alam (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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That I could not empathise with any of the characters, if that was the point. Well done.

That I could not empathise with any of the characters, if that was the point. Well done.

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I am a huge fan of the author. I thought his last book was an absolute revelation. This, on the other hand, feels so much less substantial. Only in the last quarter does it come anywhere near to the blistering social commentary that ‘leave the world behind’ thrummed with. In fact, great swaths of the book read like a Kylie Reid novel. an author I also adore, but one who is able to find much more layered meanings in the ephemeral. She is also a lot funnier and more adapt at telling the stories of young black women. On the whole it feels like a missed opportunity.

All the looks none of the feels

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I had high hopes for this having enjoyed the author’s previous book Leave the World Behind. And the theme of the novel has great potential, an exploration of wealth in 21st century Manhattan. The trouble is, it reads more like an earnest polemic than a story. Hardly anything happens and by the time we reach the final denouement, I was struggling to care about any of the characters. It is beautifully read though.

Disappointing

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Deeply implausible set up, deeply unlikeable characters, barely anything happens - this was a strain to sit through. Kept wanting to stop listening - pushed through in the hope it had something more to say or somewhere to go but didn’t get better. Save yourself!

Did not enjoy

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As ever, his well observed nuances of the frailty of sophisticated life in America are brought to full effect in this latest story.

The premise

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