No New Land

In internationally acclaimed author M.G. Vassanji’s second novel, we meet Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asian immigrants from Africa, who have come to the Toronto suburb of Don Mills only to find that the old world and its values pursue them. A genial orderly at a downtown hospital, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl. Although he is innocent, traditional propriety prompts him to question the purity of his own thoughts. Ultimately, his friendship with the enlightened Sushila o...