A young tennis prodigy with a wildcard to the US open Max Lamm''s future looks bright. until footage of him enjoying a night of passion with a Salvadorean prostitute in New York appears on the Internet and categorically derails his career. After a bungled suicide attempt in the Hudson River he decides to flee America and begin a new life in London. But Max is jinxed. One night in Camden he accidentally kills a fifteen-year-old Pakistani boy who tries to mug him -inadvertently sparking the worst race riots seen in the East End of the capital in over a generation. On the run Max finally finds refuge beneath Hyde Park. Deep underground with chaos raging in the streets above he tries to plot his salvation. I am Max Lamm is a darkly humorous exploration of family loyalty disgrace and collective hysteria in an age of terror. . Language: English