Hari Kunzruâs Novel 'Red Pill' Is a Literary Document of the Age of the Alt-Right Kunzruâs latest novel follows the mental unraveling of a liberal Brooklyn-dwelling 'creative' as he finds himself being drawn into the world of the alt-right. In an interview, Kunzru reflects on the nature of the alt-rightâs appeal and the dilemmas it poses for the Left. A QAnon sign at a campaign rally for President Trump in February. Photo: Reuters/Patrick T. Fallon In Hari Kunzruâs novel Red Pill, the nameless narrator leaves Brooklyn for a residency in Berlin at the Deuter Center, where he hopes to finally write something ambitious that will dispel his secret fear of his own mediocrity. But that hope is dead on arrival.