The year of the runaways

484 pages

English language

Published May 15, 2015 by Alfred A. Knopf Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-345-81015-1
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OCLC Number:
921572970

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Three young men from very different backgrounds come together in a journey from India to England, where they hope to begin something new. To support their families; where they can, to build their future; to show their worth; to escape the past. They have almost no idea of what awaits them. In a dilapidated shared house in Sheffield, Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his life in Bihar. Avtar has a secret that binds him to the unpredictable Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town, whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes in case the immigration men surprise her with a visit. She is Narinder, and her story is the most surprising of all.

3 editions

Subjects

  • East Indians
  • Young men
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Immigrants
  • Fiction

Places

  • Sheffield
  • England