Julia Roberts had a timid initial reaction to Leave the World Behind. Alam noted that Esmail had previously worked with Roberts on the psychological television series Homecoming, so "they were good ...

Alam, who was nominated for the National Book Award for his novel, “Leave the World Behind,” talks about his latest book ahead of an event in Houston Sept. 30. When the last novel by author Rumaan ...

Rumaan Alam’s bestselling novel Leave the World Behind was an inspired swirl of suspense, social commentary and apocalyptic disaster story. Given that it was published in the early fall of 2020, the ...

At the beginning of Rumaan Alam’s last novel, the 2020 bestseller and National Book Award finalist “Leave the World Behind,” a married couple and their two children set out from Brooklyn to a luxury ...

The megarich, a character in Rumaan Alam's new novel declares, wreak havoc on the environment and refuse to pay fair taxes. Then they get to decide what's a worthy cause, bless the rest of us with ...

Rumaan Alam’s previous novel was an inspired swirl of suspense, social commentary and apocalyptic disaster. His latest is about a young Black... 'Entitlement' disappoints — 'Leave the World Behind' ...