The Spoiled Heart

<p><b>In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again.</b><br><br>Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career ambitions, but his ideals.<br><br>Meanwhile the enigmatic Helen Fletcher returns to Chesterfield and Nayan finds himself growing close to her. But Helen carries secrets which connect her to Nayan in ways he doesn’t realise.<br><br><i>The Spoiled Heart</i> is an explosive story of how a few words or a single action – to one person careless, to another, charged – can trigger a cascade of unimaginable consequences.<br><br>’<b>‘One of Britain’s finest writers…page-turning’ <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>‘Withheld revelations and dark secrets...plot-packed, propulsive’ <i>New York Times</i><br><br>‘Gripping...irresistible...brilliant’ <i>The Times</i><br><br>''Utterly compelling, original and very moving'' Tessa Hadley<br><br>‘Moving and revelatory’ </b><i><b>Financial Times</b></i><br><br><b>‘Smart and sophisticatedly written’ <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>‘Perfectly paced…gripping’ <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><br><b><i>Readers are obsessed with The Spoiled Heart:</i></b><br><br>**‘A <b>deft and artful</b> novel when it comes to speaking around the philosophical questions that define our current <b>''culture wars''</b><br><br><br>**‘A compelling story that looks at a number of social and cultural issues but is basically a very <b>absorbing narrative</b>’<br><br>**‘A masterful novel which <b>asks important topical state-of-the-nation questions</b>’<br><br>**‘<b>My favourite of Sahota''s novels</b>’</p>