Book Club: The Year Of The Runaways, Sunjeev Sahota

Read and discuss The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota, which was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize.

Sahota's second novel, 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 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 immigration surprise her with a call.

Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's generous, unforgettable novel is, like Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance, a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.

Please read the book in advance and bring a copy with you. Suitable for ages 14+

Held in the Sunley Pavilion.