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Leave the World Behind author Rumaan Alam: ‘The authors I’ve read the most are like my own private university’
Rumaan Alam’s debut novel Leave the World Behind, an eerie thriller full of contemporary social and political anxieties, was ...
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Julia Roberts Thought “Leave the World Behind ”Was 'Too Scary,' Recalls Author Rumaan Alam
Alam also notes that Roberts and the movie's director-writer Sam Esmail "were good friends" Julia Roberts had a timid initial reaction to Leave the World Behind ... to introduce books to a ...
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Netflix’s ‘Leave The World Behind’ Helped Debunk A Conspiracy Theory
Hawke as Clay in 'Leave the World Behind.' There was a light bulb moment ... third time they have worked together. "Julia read the book in one day, then called me and said she was in," the ...
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Read an extract from Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam
A complex thriller that’s already being made into a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, this is the book everyone ... I don’t have to have to leave the house tomorrow.” ...
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'Leave the World Behind' Director Sam Esmail Wants to Make Audiences Uncomfortable
Esmail’s Leave the World Behind breaks all the rules — but it stays true to the book with an ending that's ambiguous by design. “The movie is not going to give you easy answers to how we ...