This week on the book review, two very different international communities.

First, what's life like in the world's biggest refugee camp?

Ben Rollins will be here to talk about his new book, City of Thorns.

The UN doesn't give out tea, doesn't give out soap, doesn't give out sugar.

So if you want those things, you have to go hungry for a day or two.

The price of anything basically in the camp is hunger.

And what's life like for wealthy ex-spat American women in Hong Kong?

Janice Waikaili will be here to talk about her new novel, The Expatriots.

We were all connected by this fact that we had help and we had time.

Imagine if you didn't have to do the laundry or, you know, make the beds or clean the house.

You would have a lot more time.

Alexander Altar will give us an update from the literary world.

And Great Coals has bestseller news.

This is Inside the New York Times Book Review. I'm Pamela Paul.

Ben Rollins is here now to talk about his new book, City of Thorns.

Nine Lives in the World's largest refugee camp.

Ben, hi, thanks for coming.

Thank you for having me.

This is a portrait of nine people who live in the largest refugee camp, which is located where?

In Kenya, about 70 miles from the border with Somalia.

And the camp is mostly home to people from Somalia, who are the most important people in the world.

And the most important people in the world are the most important people in the world.

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