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''An important and radical new literary voice'' Elif Batuman

It''s 2017 and Leyla, a leftwing Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin, is scrubbing toilets at an Alice in Wonderland-themed hostel in order to stay afloat while awaiting a verdict on her visa status. Having failed her master''s thesis and sued the German university over its decision, she is on the verge of losing her student visa an...