Liquid: A Novel

In this brilliant debut novel, a young Muslim scholar stuck in the mire of adjunct professorship in Los Angeles decides to give up her career in academia and marry rich, committing herself to 100 dates in the course of a single summer. By midsummer reality hits, taking her—and her project—to Tehran.

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

The unnamed Iranian-Indian American narrator of Liquid has always believed herself to be the smartest person in the room. And from an ea...