Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015
Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants is - as with Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance - a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
'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; and 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 brilliant and beautiful novel' - author of Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie, Guardian
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- Publication Date:
- 28/01/2016
- Authors:
- Sahota, Sunjeev
- Year Published:
- 2016
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781447241652
- Number of Pages:
- 480
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publication Date:
- 28/01/2016
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- SKU:
- 9781447241652