Book
The illegal / Lawrence Hill.
Summary:
Record details
- ISBN: 9781554683857
- Physical Description: 392 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Harper Perennial trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Harper Perennial, 2015.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Refugees > Fiction.
Runners (Sports) > Fiction.
Illegal aliens > Fiction.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Campus | PS 8565 .I444 I45 2015 (Text) | 31111000156560 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
- HARPERCOLL
#1 national bestseller by the author of The Book of Negroes
Winner of the CBC’s Canada Reads
Longlisted for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award
A CBC, Globe and Mail, and National Post Best Book of the Year
Winner of the CBC Canada Reads competition, Maclean’s calls The Illegal “a book for our times.” In the dark fictional world of Zantoroland, bestselling, award-winning author Lawrence Hill casts a satirical eye on some of the most pressing issues of our time: race, immigration, undocumented refugees, discrimination and how the unseen and forgotten must struggle to survive.
In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect and riches. But when Keita Ali is targeted for his father’s outspoken political views, he escapes into Freedom State—a wealthy island nation. 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 must keep moving in order to avoid deportation. 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.