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An Esquire "Best Book of Spring 2022" selection A Literary Hub "Most Anticipated Book of 2022" selection A San Francisco Chronicle "Most Anticipated Novel of 2022" selection From “an important writer in every sense” (David Foster Wallace), a novel that imagines a future in which sweeping civil conflict has forced America’s young people to flee its borders, into an unwelcoming world. One such American is Ron Patterson, who finds himself on distant shores, working as a repairman and sharing a room with other refugees. In an unnamed city wedged between ocean and lush mountainous forest, Ron can almost imagine a stable life for himself. Especially when he makes the first friend he has had in years—a mysterious migrant named Marlise, who bears a striking resemblance to a onetime classmate. Nearly a decade later—after anti-migrant sentiment has put their whirlwind intimacy and asylum to an end—Ron is living in “Little America,” an enclave of migrants in one of the few countries still willing to accept them. Here, among reminders of his past life, he again begins to feel that he may have found a home. Ron adopts a stray dog, observes his neighbors, and lands a repairman job that allows hi

Who reads 2 A. M. in Little America: A Novel?

Author

Ken Kalfus

Publisher

Milkweed Editions

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781639550777

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (177 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14