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Theft - Abdulrazak GurnahThe new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa Badar's story truly begins on the day when, aged fifteen, he is brought to Mistress's great house in Dar es Salaam - where he proves a quick learner, and gains the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. But then a false accusation sees Badar banished from the place he has come to…

Theft - Abdulrazak GurnahThe new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa Badar's story truly begins on the day when, aged fifteen, he is brought to Mistress's great house in Dar es Salaam - where he proves a quick learner, and gains the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. But then a false accusation sees Badar banished from the place he has come to call home. Exiled, to a run-down hotel on the coast of Zanzibar, Badar must build a new life for himself. And when Karim comes to see his old friend in his new life, he is captivated by temptations that will test the two young men's friendship to a breaking point.**Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards 2026: Fiction With A Sense of Place** Review Nothing about human behaviour surprises Gurnah, and in reading his wise new novel with its gentle and beautiful ending, we the readers become a bit less judgemental, and more ready to understand what it means to struggle, to dare, to love - what it means to be human -- Elif Shafak ― New Statesman, Book of the Day A rich, engaging experience . Beautifully done . The reader can only rejoice at Gurnah's skill in giving us the whole of a life in such nimble scenes ― Financial TimesNobody writes about the world we call postcolonial like Abdulrazak Gurnah. His novels are uncompromising, but also stubbornly humane. They come at their subjects with open eyes, and we need what they see -- Juan Gabriel VásquezAnother glittering tapestry of a novel from a master storyteller of our times ― Irish TimesA storyteller of understated brilliance . A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal . Powerful, affecting and provocative, Theft is a vital addition to Gurnah's remarkable body of work, a novel steeped in heartbreak and loss but one that ultimately refuses despair ― GuardianIn typically poised, elegant and unshowy prose . Gurnah is a sharp, stealthy observer himself. There's a steely alertness to his gaze that makes the shady courtyards and sweaty rooms of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar - and the feelings of their people - solid and luminous. He lays bare this confined space with crafty, slow-burn patience ― SpectatorA tightly focused, beautifully controlled examination of friendship and betrayal ― Economist, Best books of the year so farThe intricate narrative skilfully reflects the complexities of a post-colonial world in which there are fewer and fewer certainties ― Mail on Sunday A quietly powerful demonstration of storytelling mastery, at once coming-of-age chamber piece and wide-angled post-colonial panorama . narrated in a quicksilver style that gives you the pleasurable sense that you're putty in the hands of a warm yet clear-eyed authorial intelligence . The conclusion - crackling with jeopardy, ultimately cathartic - moves all Theft's patiently assembled plotlines into place for a riveting denouement ― Observer About the Author Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of ten novels: Memory of Departure, Pilgrims Way, Dottie, Paradise (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), Admiring Silence, By the Sea (longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), Desertion (shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) The Last Gift, Gravel Heart, and Afterlives, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. He was Professor of English at the University of Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.