 First edition cover | |
| Author | Lawrence Hill |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 9781554683833 |
The Illegal is a novel by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill. It was published in 2015 by Harper-Collins. [1]
The novel's central character is Keita Ali, a marathon runner from the fictional Indian Ocean nation of Zantoroland. [2] The story follows Ali as he desperately tries to save his only sibling, who has been kidnapped.
The novel won the 2016 edition of Canada Reads , making Hill the first writer to win the competition twice. [3] Prior to its publication, the novel was optioned for film treatment by Conquering Lion Pictures, the producers of the miniseries adaptation of Hill's prior novel The Book of Negroes . [4]
The French translation Le Sans-papiers, by Carole Noël and Marianne Noël-Allen, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation at the 2017 Governor General's Awards.
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