In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman
WINNER: JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED: GOLDSMITHS PRIZE and SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2014 LONGLISTED: GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD and ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014
"'This formidable novel unpacks friendship, betrayal, unknowability - and includes an astute take on Englishness, on class, on mathematical theory, human rights, and whether people can trust their own perception of the world' (Observer) 'Brilliant and heartbreaking, In the Light of What We Know is the first truly great book of the new century' (Ceridwen Dovey, author of BLOOD KIN: A NOVEL)"
Born in rural Bangladesh, Zia Haider Rahman was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and at Cambridge, Munich, and Yale Universities. He has worked as an investment banker on Wall Street and as an international human-rights lawyer. In the Light of What We Know is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447252054 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447252055 |
| Title | In the Light of What We Know |
| Author | Zia Haider Rahman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2014-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Winner of James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2014 (UK), Short-listed for National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2014 (UK), Short-listed for The Goldsmith's Prize 2014 (UK), Long-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2014 (UK), Long-listed for The Orwell Prize 2015 (UK), Long-listed for The Folio Prize 2015 (UK) |
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