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Chapter 1
‘The Year of the Runaways’ by Sunjeev Sahota
Sharmaine Lovegrove and Matt Alagiah discuss Sunjeev Sahota’s novel about a group of male Indian immigrants thrown together in a house in Sheffield as they each seek a new life in the UK.
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Chapter 2
‘The Fishermen’ by Chigozie Obioma
Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel is told through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy called Benjamin as he and his older brothers head off on a fishing trip and meet a local madman who has a disturbing premonition. Sharmaine Lovegrove reviews.
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Chapter 3
‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ by Marlon James
Matt Alagiah speaks to Sharmaine Lovegrove about Marlon James’s violent depiction of Jamaica in the 1970s and 1980s, through a fictionalised attempted assassination of reggae star Bob Marley. Marlon James is the first Jamaican to be nominated for the Man Booker Prize.
5 minutes
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