Zia Haider Rahman (like Ramen, he said) says he's "homeless" right now. He holds passports from Britain and Bangladesh (where he was born). He's lived in the U.S. and worked on Wall Street. His breakthrough novel In The Light of What We Know features two characters that—in a way—represent different aspects of his own experience dealing with class in both the U.S. and Britain.
We spoke to him at one of his favorite hangouts: the British Library. He told us "How is it that I feel more at home in the United States than I do anywhere in the world? How is that possible a Bangladeshi boy.. how is that possible that such a person can feel most at home as he comes into JFK airport? And it's because American is a welcoming nation and open nation."
"And you don't feel that at Heathrow?" I asked.
"Never."
- Audie
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