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The Illegal by Lawrence Hill (2016, Hardcover) FIRST EDITION AND PRINTING NEW
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780393070590
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
039307059X
ISBN-13
9780393070590
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038284389
Product Key Features
Book Title
Illegal
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Dystopian, General, Literary
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-032201
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Deeply satisfying . . . shot through with humor and humanity. . . . [A] timely and affecting story., Lawrence Hill manages that rare feat--a political thriller that never loses its heart. Keita's story will entrance you, enrage you, and finally make you want to reach right through the page and hug him. With skill and grace, Hill reminds us of our interconnectedness with displaced people around the world. This is a book about the liberating power of compassion. Don't miss it., [A] taut political thriller. . . . Hill's intricate, propulsive plot includes corruption, murder, and mayhem, and readers will be rushing to its fulfilling resolution., [A] remarkably prescient . . . gripping political thriller. . . . The reader will be left with lingering--and troubling--questions about how wealth and privilege is built by those are excluded from its fruits., [Hill] has outdone himself. . . . His characters are authentic, and each is indispensable. . . . [The Illegal has] a captivating structure that allows the story to converge flawlessly and a rich, imaginative history., Hill has masterfully portrayed the voices lost in our contemporary discussions of immigration. This is a compelling and thought-provoking examination of the challenges any nation faces when we fail to serve as our brother's and sister's keepers across borders, nationality, and race. A must-read., Hill skillfully injects details throughout of the vicissitudes and travails faced by any person, no matter what color or ethnicity, struggling to escape from strife-ridden, life-threatening conditions in their own countries. . . . The settings may be imaginary, but the perils rendered here are as real as the front-page stories in this morning's newspaper., Hill eerily captures a tale that could be ripped from the headlines. The engrossing narrative focuses on the journey of Keita Ali . . . we feel his pain and walk in his shoes., A twisting, intricately woven yarn that spins itself out at an incredible pace. . . . Hill takes on the snarled, pressing issues of our moment in time. . . . His larger moral questions linger, provocatively.
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Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Synopsis
Finalist for the 2017 NAACP Image Award Internationally best-selling author Lawrence Hill returns with an extraordinary, resonant novel about a man on the run., Lawrence Hill spellbound readers with Someone Knows My Name (made into the television mini-series, The Book of Negroes), hailed as "transporting" (Entertainment Weekly) and "completely engrossing" (Washington Post). The Illegal is the gripping story of Keita Ali, a refugee--like the many in today's headlines--compelled to leave his homeland. All Keita has ever wanted to do is to run. Running means respect and wealth at home. His native Zantoroland, a fictionalized country whose tyrants are eerily familiar, turns out the fastest marathoners on earth. But after his journalist father is killed for his outspoken political views, Keita must flee to the wealthy nation of Freedom State--a country engaged in a crackdown on all undocumented people. There, Keita becomes a part of the new underground. He learns what it means to live as an illegal: surfacing to earn cash prizes by running local races and assessing whether the people he meets will be kind or turn him in. As the authorities seek to arrest Keita, he strives to elude capture and ransom his sister, who has been kidnapped. Set in an imagined country bearing a striking resemblance to our own, this tension-filled novel casts its eye on race, human potential, and what it means to belong., Lawrence Hill spellbound readers with Someone Knows My Name (made into the television mini-series, The Book of Negroes ), hailed as "transporting" ( Entertainment Weekly ) and "completely engrossing" ( Washington Post ). The Illegal is the gripping story of Keita Ali, a refugee--like the many in today's headlines--compelled to leave his homeland. All Keita has ever wanted to do is to run. Running means respect and wealth at home. His native Zantoroland, a fictionalized country whose tyrants are eerily familiar, turns out the fastest marathoners on earth. But after his journalist father is killed for his outspoken political views, Keita must flee to the wealthy nation of Freedom State--a country engaged in a crackdown on all undocumented people. There, Keita becomes a part of the new underground. He learns what it means to live as an illegal: surfacing to earn cash prizes by running local races and assessing whether the people he meets will be kind or turn him in. As the authorities seek to arrest Keita, he strives to elude capture and ransom his sister, who has been kidnapped. Set in an imagined country bearing a striking resemblance to our own, this tension-filled novel casts its eye on race, human potential, and what it means to belong.
LC Classification Number
PR9199.3.H479I45
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