pithypants reviewed Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
'New York, 2007: a city of dreamers and strivers, where the newly-arrived and the long-established …
Review of 'Behold the Dreamers' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I liked the first 50% of this book more than the last 50%, maybe because it got increasingly dark as it went on. The initial premise (a Cameroonian immigrant gets a job chauffeuring a wealthy Lehman Brothers exec, weeks/months before the firm's notorious collapse) is compelling.