'Naqvi's fast-paced plot, foul-mouthed erudition and pitch-perfect dialogue make for a stellar debut.' - Publishers Weekly

They are renaissance men. They are bons vivants. They are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium: AC, a gangsta-rap-spouting academic; Jimbo, a hulking Pushtun DJ from the streets of Jersey City; and Chuck, a wide-eyed kid, fresh off the boat from the homeland.

When they embark on a road trip weeks after 9/11, things go horribly wrong. Suddenly, they find themselves in a changed, charged America. Rollicking, bittersweet, and sharply observed, Home Boy is an immigrant's tale, a mystery, as well as a unique meditation on Americana and notions of collective identity.