The Clothes On Their Backs by Linda Grant
The brilliant new novel by Orange Prize winner, Linda Grant, about the legacies of history, longlisted for the Orange Prize, 2008 and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2008
** 'If you read only one novel this year, make sure it is The Clothes on Their Backs * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
** 'A beautifully written and truly moving book about the experience of growing up in Britain as a second generation immigrant * EXPRESS *
** 'It's a sublimely atmospheric and moving novel * LONDON PAPER *
** 'This is a vivid, enjoyable and consistently unexpected novel * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH *
** 'A beautifully written and truly moving book about the experience of growing up in Britain as a second generation immigrant * EXPRESS *
** 'It's a sublimely atmospheric and moving novel * LONDON PAPER *
** 'This is a vivid, enjoyable and consistently unexpected novel * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Linda Grant is author of four non-fiction books and eight novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000, the Lettre Ulysses Prize for Literary Reportage in 2006 and holds honorary doctorates from the University of York and Liverpool John Moores University. The Clothes on Their Backs was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008 and went on to win the South Bank Show Award; The Dark Circle was shortlisted for the 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction; A Stranger City won the 2000 Wingate Literary Prize. Linda Grant lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844085422 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844085422 |
| Title | The Clothes On Their Backs |
| Author | Linda Grant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2009-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Man Booker Prize 2008 (UK), Long-listed for Orange Prize 2008 (UK) |
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