Rafiq Hardi Kermanj founder of the Communist Party of Kurdistan is forced to flee Tehran for
London with his family. In London they suffer the shame of penury and migration layered on
Kurdish statelessness. The lives of Rafiq's three children becoming increasingly dependent on
their relationship to money: Siver the only daughter escapes into an unhappy marriage in
Baghdad before fleeing to raise her daughter as a single mother in Dubai. Mohammed the eldest
stays in London to climb the unforgiving ladder of the financial sector. Laika the youngest
retreats into a contactless digital life designing the trading algorithms that will ultimately
prove his downfall in a condo near Wall Street. Sharp topical and powerful Hyper is a story
about what remains of our humanity in a world increasingly dominated by the flows of capital.
Perfect for fans of Zadie Smith Moshin Hamid and Jennifer Egan. 'Delicious harrowing
gutting hilarious and deeply necessary Hyper is a masterpiece.' Porochista Khakpour author
of Brown Album
