Every Exit Brings You Home
Forthcoming from W.W. Norton February 3rd, 2026
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The British-born Murr, who is of [Palestinian and Irish] descent, does a masterful job of bridging ordinary and extraordinary experience, achieving an unlikely balance between the stark tragedy of war and the gentle comedy of everyday people struggling with fate . . . . A great novel: Beautifully written, timely, and as enjoyable as it is heartbreaking. (Kirkus STARRED Review)
“This poignant, at times hilarious, at times tragic, always compelling novel knocked me out. It’s both intimate and expansive, digging deep into the emotional intricacies of love and into the devastation of war and the longing for family and home. As soon as I finished it, I bought the author’s other books, so loathe was I to leave his assured, even brilliant, company.”
― Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
The Perfect Man
The Perfect Man succeeds in re-creating an entire world with a full spectrum of human emotions in a small Missouri town . . . It is only such writing, based on a universality of emotions, that can transcend language and nation and be handed over to another generation. The Times Literary Supplement
The Genius of the Sea
Amos’s story, which eventually takes over the novel, is reminiscent of Isak Dinesen, cadenced and archetypal . . . a queer, mesmerizing hybrid of a book . . . the novel is a notable, highly original work. Publishers Weekly
The Boy
While reading The Boy, I intently turned the pages, carried along by Murr’s dark energy, his sharply intelligent prose, his genius for the unexpected, his keen sense of atmosphere. And the novel’s harrowing conclusion more than demonstrates [Murr’s] stunning gifts. Margot Livesey, The New York Times Book Review
Naeem Murr 