The runaways
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The runaways
(Penguin fiction)
Penguin, 2020, c2019
- : [pbk.]
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This compelling, breath-taking read for fans of AMERICAN DIRT will make you question everything you thought you knew
One of the 'most important and prescient' books - Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes, The High Low
'Bhutto's new novel will move you' - Elif Shafak
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On the cusp of adulthood, three young people are about to make the most momentous decision of their lives.
Anita lives in Karachi's slums - fearful that her fate is to serve the rich, until an elderly neighbour offers her an escape into another world . . .
Monty belongs to Karachi's elite - his future is mapped out, until he meets a beautiful, rebellious girl . . .
Sunny is a Portsmouth teenager - he is suffocated by the love and expectation of his father, until his charismatic cousin shows him a way to be his own man . . .
These three paths are about to collide.
And when they do, Anita, Monty and Sunny will find themselves at the mercy of powers beyond their control, and faced with a choice that will change them forever.
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'This is a bold and probing novel from a writer strikingly alert to something small and true' Guardian
'Bhutto's new novel will move you its profound wisdom and sharp grasp of our turbulent times' Elif Shafak
'A shocking, moving, and deeply compassionate novel' Vogue
'Every page of this is priceless' Gary Shteyngart
'Stunning' Sunday Times
'Highly topical . . . The Runaways offers an unflinching look at the key subjects of our time' Financial Times
'A timely read that does a brilliant job of depicting the human cost when violence shifts from abstraction to reality' Mail on Sunday
'An illuminating guide through the great disorder of our times' Pankaj Mishra, author of Age of Anger
'Powerful and moving ... A book that anyone rushing to condemn young people for being radicalised should read' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum
'Provocative and resolutely compassionate' Traveller
by "Nielsen BookData"