This intense and dramatically realistic novel, which was short listed for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, delves into the illegal immigrant situation in contemporary England. The story opens with Randeep marrying Narinder, an English citizen and deeply religious Sikh who has decided to postpone her own wedding and risk ruining her family's reputation not out of love but to provide Randeep with a legal means to move to England. Avtar, who is involved with -Randeep's younger sister, travels to England on a student visa but is interested only in finding work and sending money back home. Tochi, an untouchable whose entire family was murdered, is also searching for work. A man of few words and fierce determination, he moves into the house where Randeep and Avtar are living with other illegal immigrants, as they take the lowest-level construction jobs and other menial tasks. After their house is raided, they are left to scavenge for work and shelter, lost in a strange land where they don't speak the language and have no understanding of the basic rules of society. Verdict Proclaimed one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2013, Sahota depicts the culture, language, and mentality of Britain's Indian immigrant community from deep within. A harrowing and moving drama of life on the edge. [See Prepub Alert, 9/28/15.]-James Coan, SUNY at Oneonta Lib. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.