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On the Greenwich Line

Shady Lewis

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#595 of 8,085 books · #337 in Fiction

Won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2025).

In an East London housing office, a frustrated local government employee spends his days trying to figure out what the latest policy announcement means for both himself and the migrants he works with every day. As a favour to a friend, he finds himself roped into organizing the funeral of Ghiyath, a young Syrian refugee. But it is not until his life collides with Ghiyath's death that he realises just how much he has in common with those who've fallen through the cracks. Told with a wry cynicism and deadpan wit, On the Greenwich Line traces the absurdities of racism, austerity, and bureaucracy in contemporary England. This is a story about systemic failure and human courage, and about London and its many lost souls.

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Publisher
Peirene Press
ISBN-13
9781908670960
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Immigration and refugeesBureaucracy and systemic failureRacism and austerityIdentity and belongingDeath and grief

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