Description

This novel revolves around Ekong . Ekong's life in new york becomes a saga of unanticipated strife. The great apartment deal wrangled by his editor turns out to be an illegal sublet crawling with bedbugs. The lights of times square slide off the hardened veneer of New Yorkers plowing past the tourists. A collective antagonism toward the other consumes Ekong's daily life. Yet in overcoming misunderstanding with his neighbors, Chines and Latino and Africa-American, and in bonding with his true allies at work and advocating for healing back home, Ekong proves that there is still hope in sharing our stories.