Philip Roth: Book and Ann Patchett

philip roth: And one of the books that caught my eye was Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon.' And after reading it, I was very much in awe of it and thought maybe I would try writing, too, according to CTV. Mbue's Behold the Dreamers was published in 2016 and won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, an honour previously given to Philip Roth and Ann Patchett, among others. Years ago, I went to the library one day in Falls Church, Virginia, to borrow a book and saw a shelf that only had Oprah book club picks, Mbue, 36, told The Associated Press during a recent telephone interview. The book tells of an immigrant from Cameroon who becomes the chauffeur for a Lehman Brothers executive not long before the 2008 financial crisis. It's about race and class, the economy, culture, immigration and the danger of the Us vs. In Monday's announcement to The Associated Press, made jointly by Winfrey's OWN network and O magazine, Winfrey said Behold the Dreamers was both topical and timeless. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.