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<p><b>'A moving, authentic, humane novel which raises fundamental questions about what it means to be kind in an unkind world<i>'</i> </b><i>Guardian</i><br><i>____________________________________________</i><br><br>The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the pizza fiorentinas are Sri Lankan, and half the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. <br><br>At the centre is Tuli, the restaurant's charismatic proprietor and resident Robin Hood, who promises to help anyone in need. Welsh nineteen-year-old Nia, haunted by her troubled past, is running from her family. Shan, having fled the Sri Lankan civil war, is desperate to find his.<br><br>But when Tuli's guidance leads them all into dangerous territory, and the extent of his mysterious operation unravels, each is faced with an impossible moral choice.<br><br>In a world where the law is against you, how far would you be willing to lie for a chance to live? <br><i>____________________________________________</i><br><br><b>'Intelligent and heart-piercing - an exceptional novel about the Britain we live in, even if we choose not to see it'</b> Kamila Shamsie, author of <i>Home Fire</i><br><br><b>'Ask</b><b>s tough questions about the nature of goodness in an unfair society' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph</i> BOOK OF THE WEEK<br><br><b>'Lively, poetically written and above all compassionate' </b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><b>'A female lead who isn't defined by a romantic story arc? Yes please. Lalwani's serious, ravishing way of writing about the secret life of Britain is just what we need' </b><i>Times</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241987070

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 127 x 18 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)