{"product_id":"9781509879052-amnesty","title":"Amnesty","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA riveting, suspenseful and exuberant novel from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelection Day\u003c\/i\u003e about a young undocumented immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about a murder and risk deportation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger, \u003c\/i\u003eAravind Adiga, comes the story of an undocumented immigrant who becomes the only witness to a crime and must face an impossible moral dilemma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alive with empathy, indignation and the sharp satiric reportage at which Aravind Adiga excels, this novel grippingly extends his concern for deprivation and injustice.' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e 'Books of the Year'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDanny – formerly Dhananjaya Rajaratnam – is an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Denied refugee status, working as a cleaner and living out of a grocery storeroom in Sydney, for four years he has been trying to create a new identity for himself, finally coming as close as he ever has to living a normal life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning, Danny learns that his client Radha Thomas has been murdered. A jacket was left at the scene, which he believes belongs to another client, a doctor with whom Radha was having an affair. Suddenly Danny is confronted with a choice: Come forward as a witness and risk being deported? Or say nothing, and let justice go undone? Over the course of a single ordinary, yet extraordinary day, he must wrestle with his conscience and decide if a person without rights nevertheless has responsibilities .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuspenseful, propulsive, and full of Aravind Adiga’s signature wit and magic, \u003ci\u003eAmnesty \u003c\/i\u003eis both a timeless moral struggle and a universal story with particular urgency today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Adiga] is a startlingly fine observer . You come to this novel for its author's authority, wit and feeling on the subject of immigrants' lives.' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33811353960545,"sku":"9781509879052","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28571058.jpg?v=1722959569","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509879052-amnesty","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}