
The Year of the Runaways
by Sunjeev Sahota
3.87
Literary Fiction
Social Realism
Compassionate
Somber
Hopeful
Sunjeev Sahota’s novel follows Indian migrants navigating precarious lives in contemporary Britain. The book explores exploitation, hope, and the cost of economic survival. Sahota writes with empathy and realism, giving voice to those often rendered invisible. The narrative moves between ambition and despair with quiet power. It exposes structural injustice without losing human warmth. A timely and compassionate novel.
