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Weaving together private histories and real events, and taking us on a journey across the globe – Kalyan Ray has crafted a sweeping, epic, multigenerational saga spanning two centuries. A rich, compelling tale of home and exile, identity and hybridity, it is also a story of oppression, friendship and compassion, and the few intimate degrees of separation that lie between love and murder.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49504600064273,"sku":"GOR006658590","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53392719511825,"sku":"GOR012601294","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/140884334X.jpg?v=1751177676"},{"product_id":"no-country-book-kalyan-ray-9781408821381","title":"No Country","description":"In November 1989, an Indian couple are discovered murdered in a small town in upstate New York. 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Brendan is in love with books and and Padraig is madly in love with black-haired Brigid. But when Father Conlon sees Padraig and Brigid kissing, the lives of these three young people will be changed forever. A terrible twist of fate takes Padraig across the seas to Bengal and another kind of fate takes Brendan on an Irish Famine ship to Canada. The repercussions of these lives torn apart will echo through the generations to come.   From Ireland and England to India, Italy, Poland and North America - the tides of history sweep people across continents. Weaving together private histories and historical personalities, through betrayals and friendships, through riots and terrorism on the Indian subcontinent, a Russian pogrom and the Triangle fire in New York City, we are inexorably lead towards the terrible intimacy of that murder in a sleepy town.  Kalyan Ray has crafted a sweeping, epic, multigenerational saga of the diaspora over two centuries and three continents. 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