 Simon & Schuster以六位數爭取本書版權；
 經典文學《孤雛淚》和現代文學《Half of a Yellow Sun》或《Say You’re One of Them》的結合。

透過9歲的Ibrahimah和10歲的Etienne兩表兄弟天真無邪的視角，展示人類在混亂世界的善與惡。

No Heaven for Good Boys is one of the strongest debuts. It tracks two boys, first cousins, sent from the safety of their home villages in rural Senegal to Dakar to study Islam. A traditional arrangement, the boys are called Talibe (TAL-uh-BAY) and their teachers are called Marabout (MAIR-uh-BOO). After the economy crashed in Senegal in 2008, however, Marabout notoriously began forcing their pupils to beg while neglecting their most basic needs.

Ibrihimah, the young protagonist, has a kindness and commitment to survival that is rooted in his intense longing to return to his mother, who is fighting desperately to get her boy home. Just when it looks like everything is lost and no one will ever be safe again, just when tragedy strikes, Ibrihimah displays an almost magical knack for inspiring kindness, fierce hope, and lucky breaks.

On a publicity note, the real boys that these characters are based upon, often join groups like ISIS, Boku Haram and al Qaeda after their stays with their Marabout as they are too ashamed to return home.

 

Keisha Bush was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and has lived in New York City for more then fifteen years. She currently lives in East Harlem. She has received writing fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center and VONA Voices. In May 2015 she received her MFA in creative writing from The New School where she studied fiction with Luis Jaramillo, John Reed, Jeffery Renard Allen, Tiphanie Yanique, David Lehman, John Freeman, Sue Shapiro, and Greil Marcus. While at New School she was a Riggio Honors Teaching Fellow, Eugene Lang College Teaching Assistant and recipient of a NSPE Dean's Scholarship. She has her Bachelors of Science in business management from Bentley University. In 2009 she decided to focus full-time on her writing after a career that included working in corporate finance and international development where she lived, and traveled, throughout West Africa and Europe. From 2004-2008 she lived in Dakar, Senegal, and the characters here are inspired by real people she knew.