The Year of the Runaways

<p><b>Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.</b><br><br><b>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 <i>A Fine Balance.</i></b><br><br><b>'<i>The Grapes of Wrath</i> for the 21st century' – <i>Washington Post</i></b><br><br><i>The Year of the Runaways</i> tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.</b><br><br><b>'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 <i>Home Fire, </i></b><b>Kamila Shamsie, <i>Guardian</i></b></p>