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The Illegal

English · Paperback / Softback

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From the beloved author of the national bestseller The Book of Negroes comes "a book for our times" ( Maclean's ) about family, identity and the strength of the human spirit Keita Ali is on the run. Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita's ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches--until Keita is targeted for his father's outspoken political views and discovers he must run for his family's survival. He signs on with notorious marathon agent Anton Hamm, but when Keita fails to place among the top finishers in his first race, he escapes into Freedom State--a wealthy island nation that has elected a government bent on deporting the refugees living within its borders in the community of AfricTown. Keita can stay safe only if he keeps moving and eludes Hamm and the officials who would deport him to his own country, where he would face almost certain death. This is the new underground: a place where tens of thousands of people deemed to be "illegal" live below the radar of the police and government officials. Keita's very existence in Freedom State is illegal. As he trains in secret, eluding capture, the stakes keep getting higher. Soon, he is running not only for his life, but for his sister's life, too. Fast moving and compelling, The Illegal casts a satirical eye on people who have turned their backs on undocumented refugees struggling to survive in a nation that does not want them. Hill's depiction of life on the borderlands of society urges us to consider the plight of the unseen and the forgotten who live among us.

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Authors Lawrence Hill
Publisher Harper Collins Usa
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 23.02.2016
 
EAN 9781554683840
ISBN 978-1-55468-384-0
No. of pages 400
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
Subjects FICTION: Literary, FICTION: African American & Black / General, FICTION: Dystopian

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