The Last White Man is a odd little book. In a quick 180 pages, Mohsin Hamid tells us the story of a town in which white people start turning brown. Our main character, Anders, is one of the first to experience this phenomenon. He traverses this unexpected and monumental life change with his friends with benefits, Oona. 

As the story progresses, more people experience the transformation and the town faces serious challenges. Oona and Anders develop a closer relationship while both traversing their own connection to their surviving parents. Oona lives with her mother and Anders with his ailing father. This story subtly says a lot about our society's fear of people of color but also so much about the relationships we have with our parents who are often politically and morally different from us. 

Since this book is so tight and concise, I will leave my review short lest I ruin too much for you as a potential reader. I loved how this book leaves the interpretations mostly up to the reader, it is an excellent example of "show, don't tell."