The Year of the Runaways

The Year of the Runaways
Author Sunjeev Sahota
Published 2015
Publisher Macmillan Publishers
ISBN 9781447241676

The Year of the Runaways is the second novel by British author Sunjeev Sahota. Published in June 2015, it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.[1]

The novel focuses on the experiences of migrant workers in Britain.[2] A critic for the Indian Express notes that "the novel tunnels through news headlines of immigration and caste debates" in a way that is "one of its transcendent strengths".[3] The Telegraph commented that "the novel feels like a work of social protest" with "enough fine drawing of human foibles, of different idioms and of modern British life to fill up several lesser novels."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Year of the Runaways". Man Booker Prize. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Shamsie, Kamila (19 June 2015). "The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota review". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Sipahimalani, Sanjay (15 August 2015). "'The Year of the Runaways' Book Review: The wanderers". Indian Express.
  4. ↑ Daniel, Lucy (20 August 2015). "The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota review: 'of our time'". The Telegraph.
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