The Year of the Runaways : Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Paperback / softback
by Sunjeev Sahota
Paperback / softback
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Sweeping between India and England, from childhood and the present day.
Sunjeev Sahota's unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants is a story of dignity in the face of adversity.
For fans of Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance. 'The Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century' – Washington PostThe Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life.
Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar.
Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the chaotic Randeep.
Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call. 'A writer who knows how to make you stay up late at night to learn what happens next . . . a brilliant and beautiful novel' – author of Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie, Guardian
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:480 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:28/01/2016
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- ISBN:9781447241652
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:480 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:28/01/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781447241652