Can I read Hangman on EtoBox?
Hangman by Maya Binyam is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hangman about?
Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for FictionNamed a Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Vulture, and BBCAn enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond.In the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up.A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother—setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying.In Hangman, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, and riddles that will lead to the...
Who reads Hangman?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Maya Binyam
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.29 / 5 (191 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13