Your Driver Is Waiting: A Novel
Priya Guns“Priya Guns turns Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’ upside down & inside out. Readers are advised to buckle their seat belts before opening these pages…Priya Guns deserves a big tip for taking us on such an enthralling ride.” — The Washington Post
Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast-food joint, & now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom & driving for an app that is constantly cutting her take. The city is roiling in protests - everybody's in solidarity with somebody - but while she keeps hearing that they’re fighting for change on behalf of people like her, she literally can’t afford to pay attention. Then she gives a ride to Jolene (five stars, obviously).
“Your Driver Is Waiting is an ambitious project, taking on performative allyship, racial discrimination & the class system all at once…The novel’s greatest strength [is] a ferocity of voice that belongs to Guns alone…What you are about to read is a call to arms. Best to prepare for a confrontation.” — Camille Perri, New York Times Book Review
A wild, one-sitting read brimming with dark comedy, & piercing social commentary & announcing Priya Guns's feverishly original voice, Your Driver Is Waiting is a crackling send-up of our culture of modern alienation.