everything follows as predictably as possible. The motives of the book may be unimpeachable, but novels must be judged on execution, not intention. Propulsive and affecting, American Dirt compels readers to recognize that we're all but a step or two away from 'join the procession.' Read Full Review > But, in its largest ambitions, the novel also captures what it's like to have the familiar order of things fall away and the rapidity with which we humans, for better or worse, acclimatize ourselves to the abnormal. Cummins' novel brings to life the ordeal of individual migrants, who risk everything to try to cross into the U.S. Of all the 'What if?' novels I've read in recent years-many of them dystopian- American Dirt is the novel that, for me, nails what it's like to live in this age of anxiety, where it feels like anything can happen, at any moment. American Dirt's most profound achievement, though, is something I never could've been told about nor anticipated.
a literary novel, to be sure, with nuanced character development and arresting language yet, its narrative hurtles forward with the intensity of a suspense tale.
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