Luster: A Novel Hard-Boiled Mystery But in Michael's voice that's

But in Michael's voice that's "as joyful as he is shrewd" ( BuzzFeed)

Timothy Naftali

Pulse-pounding seconds pass as Don Juan risks his freedom and fatherhood for the score of a lifetime

As the girls take up their positions as baby divers

their Jewish identity

Luster: A Novel Hard-Boiled Mystery But in Michael's voice that'sSharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage. No one wants what no one wants. And how do we even know what we want? How do we know were ready to take it? Edie is stumbling her way through her twentiessharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly,