Speak no evil : a novel
(Book)

"On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he?s a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer?an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders?and the one person who seems not to judge him. In the tradition of Junot Diaz?s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?s Americanah, Speak No Evil explores what it means to be different in a fundamentally conformist society and how that difference plays out in our inner and outer struggles. It is a novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and who has the power to speak for other people. As heart-wrenching and timely as his breakout debut, Beasts of No Nation, Uzodinma Iweala?s second novel cuts to the core of our humanity and leaves us reeling in its wake."--Amazon.com.