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The Illegal: A Novel
Lawrence Hill
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Description for The Illegal: A Novel
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. Dimension: 211 x 140. Weight in Grams: 320.
Keita Ali is an elite runner living in Zantoroland, a poor, fictional island that is erupting in political violence. When his father, a journalist, is murdered, Keita escapes to the wealthy nation of Freedom State-an imagined country much like our own. A stateless refugee without documentation, Keita must hide from the authorities even as he races marathons to support himself and ransom his sister who has been kidnapped. This tension-filled novel by the best-selling author of Someone Knows My Name is an astute exploration of dislocation, starting all over again, and the desperate need for home and community.
Keita Ali is an elite runner living in Zantoroland, a poor, fictional island that is erupting in political violence. When his father, a journalist, is murdered, Keita escapes to the wealthy nation of Freedom State-an imagined country much like our own. A stateless refugee without documentation, Keita must hide from the authorities even as he races marathons to support himself and ransom his sister who has been kidnapped. This tension-filled novel by the best-selling author of Someone Knows My Name is an astute exploration of dislocation, starting all over again, and the desperate need for home and community.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353686
SKU
V9780393353686
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99-15
About Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill is the author of several novels including Someone Knows My Name, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was nominated in the United States for the Huston Wright Legacy Award. In 2015 Hill was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions as an author and activist who tells ... Read more
Reviews for The Illegal: A Novel
Hill eerily captures a tale that could be ripped from the headlines. The engrossing narrative focuses on the journey of Keita Ali ... we feel his pain and walk in his shoes.
Patrik Henry Bass - Essence A twisting, intricately woven yarn that spins itself out at an incredible pace... Hill takes on the snarled, pressing issues ... Read more
Patrik Henry Bass - Essence A twisting, intricately woven yarn that spins itself out at an incredible pace... Hill takes on the snarled, pressing issues ... Read more