The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev Sahota: Brave exploration of class and race from multiple angles

Sunjeev Sahota: His fourth novel is about a workers’ champion running to become general secretary of the UK’s biggest trade unionIt’s an impressive feat to have two of your first three novels nominated for the Booker Prize but it’s one that Sunjeev Sahota achieved with The Year of the Runaways

Having lost his mother and infant son in a house fire some years ago, which in turn led to the breakdown of his marriage, Nayan is entirely focused on his work, so he’s surprised by his unexpected attraction to Helen, a young woman lately returned to her hometown, having fled it years earlier in mysterious circumstances, and his affection for her son, Brandon.

A political debate towards the end is utterly compelling. The arguments of both candidates stand in fierce opposition to each other and yet each comes across as coherent and logical, forcing the reader to recognise that one can be as liberal-minded as one wants but, without the lived experience of racism, it’s impossible to understand how to overcome it.

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