The Outsiders

Liverpool 1981. As the city burns durning the inner city riots, Paul meets Nadezhda, a elusive poet who has fallen out of fashion, and her daughter Sarah with whom he forms an instant conncection. It is an experience that will define the rest of his life

Lost loves and painful truths against the backdrop of Liverpool’s fall and rise
‘A gripping and ambitious debut novel’ - Nick Harris, Mail on Sunday
SHORTLISTED: Portico Prize
Liverpool 1981. As the city burns during inner city riots, Paul meets two people who will change his life: Nadezhda, an elusive poet who has fallen out of fashion; and her daughter Sarah, with whom he shares an instant connection. As the summer reaches its climax his feelings for both are tested amidst secrets, lies and the unravelling of Nadezhda’s past. It is an experience that will define the rest of his life.
The Outsiders moves from early-80s Liverpool, via Nadezhda’s clandestine background in war-torn Europe, through to the present day, taking in the global and local events that shape all three characters.
In a powerful story of hidden histories, lost loves and painful truths, ambitiously told against the backdrop of Liverpool’s fall and rise, James Corbett’s enthralling debut novel explores the complexities of human history and how individual perspectives of the past shape everyone’s present.

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