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Rumaan Alam

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Bio

Rumaan Alam is the author of the novels Rich and PrettyThat Kind of Mother, and the instant New York Times bestseller Leave the World Behind. His writing has appeared in The New York TimesNew York MagazineThe New YorkerThe New York Review of Books, Bookforum, and the New Republic, where he is a contributing editor. He studied writing at Oberlin College and lives in New York with his family.

Rumaan Alam Books

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Entitlement

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The Children's Bach

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Things to Come and Go

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Boston Adventure

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Leave the World Behind

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That Kind of Mother

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Rich and Pretty

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