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The illegal : a novel / Lawrence Hill.

By: Publication details: Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, c2015.Edition: 1st edDescription: 392 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781554683833
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: A literary thriller that addresses the fate of undocumented refugees who struggle to survive in nations that do not want them. Keita Ali is on the run. He is desperate to flee Zantoroland, a mountainous black island that produces the fastest marathoners in the world. Keita signs on with notorious marathon agent, Anton Hamm, who provides Keita with a chance to run the Boston marathon. But when Keita fails to place among the top finishers, rather than being sent back to his own country, he goes into hiding.
List(s) this item appears in: Canada Reads | Black History Month
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Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC HILL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001006429

A literary thriller that addresses the fate of undocumented refugees who struggle to survive in nations that do not want them. Keita Ali is on the run. He is desperate to flee Zantoroland, a mountainous black island that produces the fastest marathoners in the world. Keita signs on with notorious marathon agent, Anton Hamm, who provides Keita with a chance to run the Boston marathon. But when Keita fails to place among the top finishers, rather than being sent back to his own country, he goes into hiding.

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