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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru

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  Darting backwards and forwards from the deep recesses of the past where myths are made to the present day, this novel boasts an extraordinary array of characters: Nicky, a rock musician running away from the high life; Smidt, an engineer, who drops out and heads for the desert; Joanie, who gets involved in an extraterrestrial cult. Linking these strands are a couple and a place: Jaz and Lisa are the troubled parents of the autistic Raj, whose story dominates the book. The place is the three fingers rocks in the Californian desert; so vividly described that it exists almost like a separate character. A beautiful exploration of the way humans and their landscape interact.

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  The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

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  Set in 1920s India, Pran Nath is our half Indian, half English anti-hero who is thrust from a pampered childhood into the city streets, on to the court of a Maharajah, adopted by a Scottish missionary and finally on to Oxford. A fast-paced, satirical novel, it is also a beautifully-written exploration of race and identity.