NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rumaan Alam, best-selling author of "Leave the World Behind." His new book, "Entitlement," features a billionaire who gives away his fortune. The megarich, a character in ...

A little more than two years ago, the novelist and critic Rumaan Alam landed a job as the editor of special projects at The New York Times Book Review. It was a dream job — of course it was — and he ...

With his latest novel, Entitlement, he asks: Can wealth inequality make you lose your mind? An interior view of a model condominium at the sales center for the Platinum luxury condominiums in New York ...