{"product_id":"9781447241652","title":"The Year of the Runaways : Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sahota, Sunjeev\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 28 January 2016 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 480 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 31 | 324g\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweeping 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant and beautiful novel' – author of Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sahota, Sunjeev","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666270359736,"sku":"9781447241652","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781447241652.jpg?v=1734736906","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781447241652","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}