KAPITOIL

"Sometimes you do not truly observe something until you study it in reverse," writes Karim Issar upon arrival to New York City from Qatar in 1999. Fluent in numbers, logic, and business jargon yet often baffled by human connection, the young financial wizard soon creates a computer program named Kapitoil that predicts oil futures and reaps record profits for his company.

At first an introspective loner adrift in New York's social scenes, he anchors himself to his legendary boss Derek Schrub and Rebecca, a sensitive, disillusioned colleague. Her influence, and his father's disapproval of Karim's Americanization, cause him to question the moral implications of Kapitoil. Karim is an unforgettable protagonist, and Teddy Wayne’s hilarious, charming, and tender novel is one of the most critically acclaimed debuts in years.

Excerpts are available at Electric Literature and The Awl.

2011 Whiting Writers' Award recipient
2010 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship recipient
2011 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize runner-up
2011 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award finalist
2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2010
The Huffington Post 10 Best Books of the Year
The Kansas City Star Top 100 Books of the Year
Largehearted Boy Favorite Novels of 2010
The Morning News 2011 Tournament of Books finalist
2011 "A Novel Idea" selection for Deschutes County, Oregon
2012 Fiction:New Voices selection for Read St. Louis

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