Satin Island
Tom McCarthy
Satin Island by Tom McCarthy is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~8.3 hr
The Year of the Runaways
by Sunjeev Sahota (2015)
About this book
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 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. Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, this generous, unforgettable novel is a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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