THEFT BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE ABDULRAZAK GURNAH

**Book description**
What are we given, and what do we have to take for ourselves? It is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people – Karim, Fauzia and Badar – are coming of age, and dreaming of great possibilities in their young nation.

But for Badar, an uneducated servant boy who has never known his parents, it seems as if all doors are closed. Brought into a lowly position in a great house in Dar es Salaam, Badar finds the first true home of his life – and the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. Even when a shattering false accusation sees Badar sent away, Karim and Fauzia refuse to turn away from their friend.

As the three of them take their first steps in love, infatuation, work and parenthood, their bond is tested – and Karim is tempted into a betrayal that will change all of their lives forever.

**Awards**
– Selected as a Book of the Summer 2025 by the Guardian, Financial Times, Granta, Economist and the BBC
– Selected as a book of the year 2025 by the Financial Times and Time Magazine

**Reviews**
“a maestro” – Guardian
“A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal” – Guardian
“Storytelling mastery” – Observer
“The reader can only rejoice at Gurnah’s skill in giving us the whole of a life in such nimble scenes” – Financial Times
“In reading this wise new novel, we the readers become a bit more ready to understand what it means to be human” – Elif Shafak, New Statesman

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