Asylum

AsylumLONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN'S NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 'The most credible dystopian novel I have ever read' Sunday Times Barry James is detained in a quarantine facility in the blistering heat of the Great Karoo. Here he exists in two worlds: the unforgiving reality of his incarceration and the lyrical landscapes of his dreams. He has cut all ties with his previous life, his health is failing, and he has given up all hope. All he has to cling to are

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The reasons for the war have been lost to time