The Guardian First Book Award 2003 Longlist
Explore the 2003 Guardian First Book Award longlist, featuring the most promising debut authors and their acclaimed works. Discover groundbreaking literature that captivated critics and readers alike.
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Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
Carrying into her adult years a sense of fatalism instilled during her hardscrabble birth, Nazneen finds herself married off to a man twice her age and moved to London, where she begins to wonder if she has a say in her own destiny. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
