The Rich People Have Gone Away

An astonishing accomplishment . . . I would greedily follow this writer anywhere. . . . This is the Covid novel you didn’t know you wanted to catch

The Washington Post

This novel is as gripping as it is clever

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Regina Porter has written another marvel of a novel. The Rich People Have Gone Away gives the reader a spiraling cross-section of richly drawn, impeccably observed New Yorkers... A kind of masterpiece of human portraiture that simultaneously renders quintessential depictions of the city, of America, and of the whole world in these first fraught decades of the 21st century

Paul Harding, author of This Other Eden

Affecting, astounding and wholly humbling... Porter weaves beauty and humor with pathos, in prose that is winding, prescient and profound. She shows us worlds inside of worlds - of queerness, of love and relationships, of who we are and who we’re told to be - crafting a narrative that is both precise and thunderous. The Rich People Have Gone Away moves and transcends. We’re so lucky to have it

Bryan Washington, author of Family Meal

Riveting and original. The Rich People Have Gone Away mines the delicate and treacherous terrain in which human relationships and social divisions are rooted

Charmaine Wilkerson, author of Black Cake

A lush study of relationships, keen on the particulars of vast human catastrophes

Raven Leilani, author of Luster

Regina Porter’s wit and astute eye for detail made me want to both underline and inhale every line in the same breath. An immersive examination of the human condition in the face of tragedy and triumph

Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl

Exquisitely drawn characters, scenes that jump off the page, and international locales that'll make you want to pack a bag and go, The Rich People Have Gone Away is a novel that fearlessly defies conventions to deliver a satiating, five-star experience. A keen observer of people and class, Regina Porter has crafted an inventive, hilarious, and wholly unpredictable work full of vibrant prose and genuine tenderness. A seven-course meal that gets better and better

Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck

A glorious jambalaya of word, thought and feeling, Regina Porter's prose positively howls from the page. Just when you thought you didn't need another novel set in New York, you suddenly, desperately do

Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends