Cressida Connolly

Dick Whittington for the 21st century

Sunjeev Sahota’s novel, The Year of the Runaways, highlighting the horrific plight of Indian immigrants to Britain, is the best novel of the year, says Cressida Connolly

  • The Year of the Runaways

    Sunjeev Sahota

    Picador, pp. 480

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