A woman strikes up a conversation with the man sitting next to her on a plane after some turbulence. He returns home to tragic news that has also impacted another stranger, a shaken pilot who seeks comfort from a journalist he meets that night. Her life shifts subtly as well, before she heads to the airport on an assignment that will shift more lives in turn. From the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of All That Man Is, this virtuosic novel follows 12 people, mostly strangers—on their way to and from London, Madrid, Dakar, Sao Paulo, Toronto, Delhi—and the surprising ripple effect each one has on the life of the next as they cross paths while in transit.