Friend and fellow Asian immigrant Suhayl Saadi gets more recognition for his original and linguistically inventive writing. Check out his new novel:
The Independent: ‘Joseph’s Box’ should have been a Booker contender
Suhayl Saadi’s novel Joseph’s Box has been mentioned by The Independent’s literary editor Boyd Tonkin in an article on the Booker Prize as one of the novels that should have been a contender. Well, we did enter it … but, like Tonkin, have given up expecting anything other than the obvious from most big literary prizes. But it’s great to see some recognition for this stunningly original novel. Tonkin says: ‘We should never have expected a jury as orthodox in taste as the one James Naughtie chairs to seek out as waywardly extravagant a novel as Joseph’s Box by the Scottish doctor-author Suhayl Saadi, which drives us deep into the history and myths of Europe and south Asia alike. But, in a bolder year, he and other writers from non-corporate imprints might have stood a better chance.’
Publication date is tomorrow (Friday 31 July). Take a look at the book-specific website, www.josephsbox.co.uk, which is a whole world in itself. Order the book at only £10.99 (RRP is £13.99) or the e-book at just £7.