《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，他們是派對常客，他們是三個千禧年來到紐約闖蕩的巴基斯坦年輕人：一個是喋喋不休的學者；另一個是來自澤西城街頭的主持人，一個普什圖族的大塊頭；還有一個是大眼睛男孩。其中一人意外地獲得了在華爾街發(fā)展的機會，漸漸躋身于社會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，同時尋找一名失蹤的蓋茨比式的愛國者。突然間，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己身處的美國已經(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，同時提供給讀者一個審視美利堅帝國的獨特視角和群體身份認同的概念。