{"product_id":"year-of-the-runaways-h-b","title":"The Year of the Runaways [2015] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant and beautiful novel' Kamila Shamsie, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Runaways\u003c\/i\u003e 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 choatic 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\u003eSweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's generous, unforgettable novel is - as with Rohinton Mistry's \u003ci\u003eA Fine Balance\u003c\/i\u003e - a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sahota, Sunjeev","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":53399812997459,"sku":"XG81447241645","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42323972292793,"sku":"9781447241645","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sahota-sunjeev-the-year-of-the-runaways-2015-hardback-9781447241645-60250755760467.jpg?v=1775217127","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/year-of-the-runaways-h-b","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}