Nightcrawling: A novel

Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling: A novel
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Country
United States
Published
7 June 2022
Pages
288
ISBN
9780593318935

Nightcrawling: A novel

Leila Mottley

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK * A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-the debut of a blazingly original voice and a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope (Oprah Winfrey)

Nightcrawling bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole. -Tommy Orange, author of There There

Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison

But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent-which has more than doubled-and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.

Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.

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