New People [Paperback]

Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW,VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, NPR and THE ROOT

Named A 2017 BEST SUMMER READ BY

Vogue • Elle• Harper's Bazaar •Glamour • Buzzfeed • In Style• Men's Journal • Bustle • Ms. Magazine • Pop Sugar • Newsday • The Millions • Time Out • Bitch • CNN's The Lead • The Fader

[A] cutting take on race and class...part dark comedy, part surreal morality tale. Disturbing and delicious. -People

You’ll gulp Senna’s novel in a single sitting—but then mull over it for days.” –Entertainment Weekly

Everyone should read it.  –Vogue

From the bestselling author ofCaucasia, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and manners in contemporary America.

As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom. Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first dot-com boom and Maria is plugging away at her dissertation, on the Jonestown massacre. They've even landed a starring role in a documentary about new people like them, who are l£$