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Undocumented immigrant faces impossible moral dilemma.

Amnesty could be a good read for those interested in immigrant experiences. Adiga offers a nuanced portrayal of the weight of an undocumented status, and the impossible choices that result from being denied legal protection. The protagonist's struggle with his conscience is a gripping read, and the book offers a stark reminder of the realities faced by many people in similar situations.

  • Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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by Aravind Adiga
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ISBN: 9781509879045
Authors: Aravind Adiga
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2020-02-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Contemporary
Related Topics: Mystery
Goodreads rating: 3.28
(rated by 4079 readers)

Description

A riveting, suspenseful and exuberant novel from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize–winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day about a young illegal immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about a murder—and thereby risk deportation.Danny—formerly Dhananjaya Rajaratnam—is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, Australia, denied refugee status after he fled from Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he’s been trying to create a new identity for himself. And now, with his beloved vegan girlfriend, Sonja, with his hidden accent and highlights in his hair, he is as close as he has ever come to living a normal life.But then one morning, Danny learns a female client of his has been murdered. The deed was done with a knife, at a creek he’d been to with her before; and a jacket was left at the scene, which he believes belongs to another of his clients—a doctor with whom Danny knows the woman was having an affair. Suddenly Danny is confronted with a choice: Come forward with his knowledge about the crime and risk being deported? Or say nothing, and let justice go undone? Over the course of this day, evaluating the weight of his past, his dreams for the future, and the unpredictable, often absurd reality of living invisibly and undocumented, he must wrestle with his conscience and decide if a person without rights still has responsibilities.Propulsive, insightful, and full of Aravind Adiga’s signature wit and magic, Amnesty is both a timeless moral struggle and a universal story with particular urgency today.
 

Undocumented immigrant faces impossible moral dilemma.

Amnesty could be a good read for those interested in immigrant experiences. Adiga offers a nuanced portrayal of the weight of an undocumented status, and the impossible choices that result from being denied legal protection. The protagonist's struggle with his conscience is a gripping read, and the book offers a stark reminder of the realities faced by many people in similar situations.

  • Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.