The Year of the Runaways: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
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The Year of the Runaways: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
The Year of the Runaways: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

The Year of the Runaways: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

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Sunjeev Sahota (Author)  

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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 Post The 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
Sunjeev Sahota was born in 1981 in Derbyshire and continues to live in the area. His debut novel, Ours are the Streets, was called 'Nothing short of extraordinary' Observer. His second novel, The Year of the Runaways, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature in 2017. He was one of Granta's Best of British Novelists.
  • Contributor: Sunjeev Sahota
  • Imprint: Picador
  • ISBN13: 9781447241652
  • Number of Pages: 480
  • Packaged Dimensions: 130x197x34mm
  • Packaged Weight: 316
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Release Date: 2016-01-28
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Sunjeev Sahota was born in 1981 in Derbyshire and continues to live in the area. His debut novel, Ours are the Streets, was called 'Nothing short of extraordinary' Observer. His second novel, The Year of the Runaways, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature in 2017. He was one of Granta's Best of British Novelists.

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