In conversation with Anna Katsavos, Rumaan Alam will discuss his latest novel, Entitlement (2024). This fourth book by the author of the acclaimed Leave the World Behind (2020) has been named to many 2024 top book lists. Entitlement is about money, race, identity, privilege, class, and consumption. Set in pre-pandemic New York City, Brooke, the inexperienced Black female protagonist is hired by an old white billionaire to manage his philanthropy. Brooke's proximity to extreme wealth soon triggers her metamorphosis as she succumbs to the seductions of money and greed.