《死黨》

Author： H. M. Naqvi

Publisher： Crown Publishing Group

They are renaissance men. They are bons vivants. They are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium： AC， a gangsta-rap-spouting academic； Jimbo， a hulking Pushtun DJ from the streets of Jersey City； and Chuck， a wideeyed kid. Things start coming together for Chuck when he unexpectedly secures a Wall Street gig and begins rolling with socialites and scenesters flanked by his pals， who routinely bring down the house at hush-hush downtown haunts.

But when they embark on a road trip to the hinterland weeks after 9/11 in search of the Shaman， a Gatsbyesque compatriot who seemingly disappears into thin air， things go horribly wrong. Suddenly， they find themselves in a changed， charged America.

Rollicking， bittersweet， and sharply observed， Home Boy is at once an immigrant’s tale， a mystery， and a story of love and loss， as well as a unique meditation on Americana and notions of collective identity.

他們是重生的一代，他們是派對(duì)常客，他們是三個(gè)千禧年來到紐約闖蕩的巴基斯坦年輕人：一個(gè)是喋喋不休的學(xué)者；另一個(gè)是來自澤西城街頭的主持人，一個(gè)普什圖族的大塊頭；還有一個(gè)是大眼睛男孩。其中一人意外地獲得了在華爾街發(fā)展的機(jī)會(huì)，漸漸躋身于社會(huì)名流和流行文化愛好者的行列。

“9·11”后，他們到內(nèi)陸城市旅行，同時(shí)尋找一名失蹤的蓋茨比式的愛國(guó)者。突然間，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己身處的美國(guó)已經(jīng)通盤改變。

《死黨》以戲謔、苦樂參半、尖銳的方式講述了移民者的經(jīng)歷、隱忍的秘密和愛恨迷茫的故事，同時(shí)提供給讀者一個(gè)審視美利堅(jiān)帝國(guó)的獨(dú)特視角和群體身份認(rèn)同的概念。