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This is my first book by Sunjeev Sahota and I can clearly see why he is two-time Booker
Prize nominee!
After his son and mother were killed in a terrible fire twenty years earlier and the subsequent break up of his marriage following this. Nayan Olak has put his heart and soul into his work and is about to run for General Secretary of a Union he is extremely passionate about, in the hope he can help to make a fairer world for all.
Helen Fletcher has moved back to the village with her son Brandon and Nayan is drawn to her mysterious nature.
It's a tragic story of family, love, loss, secrets, community, fear and politics.
I would definitely recommend and I will be reading more from this author.

You can tell by the beauty of Sahota's writing why they've been nominated for the Booker Prize twice.

A story of family and one man's ambition which is eventually his downfall.

Not my usual type of book and quite a long and involved story but I enjoyed the setting and the storyline about unions. With family tensions, rivalry and love set in the north of England and the inevitable downward spiral of a man’s ambition, I found it hard to put this book down.