Your Driver Is Waiting

A Novel

De: Priya Guns

Narrado por: Priya Guns

Duración: 6 h y 26 m

Resumen del Editor

In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire—a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970’s film “Taxi Driver”—a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and financial security . . . until she decides she's done waiting.

“A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut.”—Weike Wang, author of Joan is Okay and Chemistry

Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast food joint, and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and 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 (5 stars, obviously). Jolene seems like she could be the perfect girlfriend—attentive, attractive, an ally—and their chemistry is off the charts. Jolene’s done the reading, she goes to every protest, and she says all the right things. So maybe Damani can look past the one thing that's holding her back: She’s never dated anyone with money before, not to mention a white girl with money. But just as their romance intensifies and Damani finally lets her guard down, Jolene does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events.

A wild, one-sitting listen brimming with dark comedy, and piercing social commentary and announcing Priya Guns' feverishly original voice, Your Driver Is Waiting is a crackling send-up of our culture of modern alienation.

©2023 Priya Guns (P)2023 Knopf Canada

Reseñas de la Crítica

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Nylon, Bustle, & Autostraddle
Featured in Quill & Quire’s 2023 Spring Preview: Fiction and Poetry

One of
Good Housekeeping’s “15 Most-Anticipated Books of 2023”
Buzzfeed’s “24 Of The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books Of 2023”
Buzzfeed News’ “15 Books Coming Out This Winter You Should Read”
Lit Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2023”
Rolling Stone's “Best Queer Novels Out Now”

“Your Driver Is Waiting is a perfect gut punch of a novel. This is my favorite kind of writing, full of love and real friendship and frustrations boiled over and the urge to burn everything down. Priya Guns is phenomenal here, her writing is laser-focused and hilarious and full of aching need. This is a hard-hitting masterpiece. I devoured it.” —Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth and Mostly Dead Things

“A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut. A story that made me rock back and forth with awe. Priya Guns's voice blazes on the page with humor, heart, and a fortitude that is inspiring to behold. There's no doubt who's in the drivers' seat. I was just grateful to be along for the ride.” —Weike Wang, author of Joan is Okay and Chemistry

“A compelling character study with an electrifying ending, Your Driver Is Waiting offers a potent social critique overflowing with love, despair, passion, and rage. Priya Guns brings to the page a voice infused with both bravado and vulnerability in this madcap story you won’t want to put down.” —Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch