The year of the runaways
By: Sunjeev Sahota
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780345810151
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: East Indians; Young men; Interpersonal relations; Immigrants; Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.