A Stranger City: Winner of the Wingate Literary Prize 2020

A brilliant novel about the London of today - a shifting, exciting, dangerous place where people search for the meaning of home.

WINNER OF THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 2020

When a dead body is found in the Thames, caught in the chains of HMS Belfast, it begins a search for a missing woman.

A policeman, a documentary film-maker and an Irish nurse named Chrissie all respond to the death of the unknown woman in their own ways. London is a place of random meetings, shifting relationships - and some, like Chrissie, intersect with many. The wonderful Linda Grant weaves a tale around ideas of home; how London can be a place of exile or expulsion, how home can be a physical place or an idea, how all our lives intersect.

''Reminds us of the depth and strength of the communities that are our beloved London. Thank you'' Philippe Sands

''There''s a Dickensian quality to the opening scene and yet it''s one of the most bitingly contemporary publications of the year - a shifting, polyphonic narrative'' Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday

''There is a richness in this novel, found in a migrant experience that is deeply embedded rather than distinct from its environment... a compelling read'' Jake Arnott, Guardian

''The novel is fleet-footed... the way even the minor characters flare into life gives the novel richness and depth... a novel fit for shifting, uncertain times'' Suzi Feay, Financial Times

• | Author: Linda Grant
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Aug 13, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780349010489
• | ISBN-10: 034901048X