The Inheritance

Sheena Kalayil was born in Zambia in 1970 where her parents were teachers seconded from Kerala, India. She arrived in the UK aged eighteen and, after graduating, worked all over the world. She has a doctorate in Linguistics and teaches at the University of Manchester. She lives near Manchester with her husband and two daughters. Her first novel, The Bureau of Second Chances, won the Writers' Guild Best First Novel Award in 2017.

Title: The Inheritance

Author: Sheena Kalayil

ISBN: 9781846974502

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Publisher: Birlinn General

Publication Date: 2018-06-07

Number of Pages: 256

Weight: 0.3101 kg

'The Inheritance shows Kalayil capable of adeptly spinning a complex web of themes which enrich the story. A delicately written, optimistic and very involving novel'

'Evok[es] a strong sense of place and gives a compelling insight into what it means to be rootless. A highly enjoyable read'

'A captivating read that will hold you in the embrace from its opening sentence to the very last word'

'Kalayil is skilled at evoking a strong sense of place and gives a compelling insight, too, into what it means to be rootless, with characters torn between the culture of their parents and that of the society in which they grew up. A highly enjoyable read'