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SUMMARY:The Race - Nina Allan - Part of our BEST OF BRITISH season
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Race is part of our BEST OF BRITISH Season.\n\nSet in a
  future Great Britain scarred by fracking and ecological collapse\, The Ra
 ce is the first full-length novel from Nina Allan\, winner of the 2014 BSF
 A Award for Best Short Fiction (Spin\, TTA Press)\, and the prestigious Gr
 and Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Translated Work (Complications/The Silve
 r Wind\, Editions Tristram).\n\nThe Race opens in the coastal town of Sapp
 hire\, dominated by the illegal sport of smartdog racing: greyhounds genet
 ically modified with human DNA. For Jenna\, the latest Cup meet bears a si
 gnificance far beyond the simple hunger for victory. Christy's life is dom
 inated by fear of her brother\, a man she knows capable of monstrous acts 
 and suspects of hiding even darker ones. Desperate to learn the truth she 
 contacts Alex\, a stranger she knows only by name. Together they must face
  their demons\, wherever that may lead. Raised at the Croft\, a secret gov
 ernment programme focussing on smartdogs\, Maree has to undertake a journe
 y through shipping lanes haunted by the enigmatic and dangerous Atlantic w
 hale. What she discovers en route will change her world forever.\n\nThe st
 ory of four damaged people whose lives are inextricably linked\, The Race 
 is a novel of tender nuances\, brutality\, insight and great ambition\, a 
 narrative that lays bare the fears and joys of being human\, and\, ultimat
 ely\, offers hope to us all.\n\n"Totally assured - this is a literate\, in
 telligent\, gorgeously human and superbly strange SF novel that will conti
 nually skewer your assumptions."\nAlastair Reynolds\n\n"A beautifully craf
 ted novel in four parts\, The Race explores the intertwining fates of the 
 Hoolmans\, the Pellers\, and the smartdogs of Hastings... Evocative and co
 mpelling\, this is an irresistible read."\nE.J. SWIFT (author of Osiris an
 d Cataveiro)\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Best of British,Book Discussion
LOCATION:The Britannia\, 44 Kipling Street\, London\, SE1 3RU\, United King
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