Orphaned at a young age, a young man named “Not Sidney Poitier” inherits an obscene amount of money and stock in Ted Turner Enterprises. His windfall brings him to Atlanta, where he is adopted by the media mogul, but life isn’t easy for Not Sidney in this satirical expose of race, class, and identity in America.

Zimbabwean writer and international trade lawyer Gappah presents gripping and heartfelt stories set in the city of Harare, with its harsh contradictions of wealth and corruption, unemployment and political power. Calling her the “voice of Zimbabwe,” National Public Radio praises Gappah’s stories as “peppered with charm, with more than a bit of irony.”