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Win, read and review copies of Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn

Canongate is delighted to offer reading groups copies of the brilliantly original and inventive novel Sharks in the Time of Saviours, in exchange for online reviews.

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A BARACK OBAMABOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020
WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OPRAH MAGAZINE and BBC CULTURE

At seven years old, Nainoa falls into the sea and a shark takes him in its jaws – only to return him, unharmed, to his parents. For the next thirty years Noa and his siblings struggle with life in the shadow of this miracle.

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