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If the immigrants of the world were a nation, it would rival the U.S. in population.
But unlike colonialism, migration benefits almost everyone, except for xenophobes and the faux-populists who exploit them.
A modern immigrants life is never simple; neither are Dennis-Benns path-breaking stories.
Ackerman is an acclaimed novelist as well as a decorated veteran of the Iraq War.
Some novels about the professional urban class succeed through the exaggerating alchemy of satire.
All are in a position to help each other, if only they can get over their bullshit.