The Fugitives

A novel of regeneration through music and the secret hunger of quiet lives. It is an immersive, humorous and powerful novel from a truly great writer who deserves a very wide audience -- CHIGOZIE OBIOMA
A terrific work of fiction . . . Mahjoub moves his characters around one another and the events they've brought upon themselves with the command and finesse of a master storyteller who knows he has his audience enthralled . . . A truly humane story of love, hope, and faith. An exhilarating, profoundly moving, musical romp. I loved it -- MIRZA WAHEED
A rip-roaring adventure from Khartoum to Harlem and an ode to jazz, creativity and freedom of expression . . . a heartfelt and touching book * * Bad Form * *
Humorous * * Cosmopolitan * *
(A) powerful treatise on music and memory * * Open Country Magazine, Books of 2021 * *
Heartwarming * * Africa Report, Must-Read Literary Books of 2021 * *
The Fugitives offers readers a remarkable and entertaining story of a band of Sudanese musicians travelling far from home . . . Mahjoub's skill positions the Kings' playing as a practice that, as well as being magical, is a bridge, a form of profound resistance: "this isn't an orchestra; this is an army" -- Camilla Delhanty * * Africa in Words * *
Praise for A Line in the River: A wonderfully subtle exploration of place, identity and memory * * Guardian * *
A most absorbing and rewarding book -- MICHAEL PALIN
An affecting and heartfelt reminder for those of us who have passed time in Khartoum . . . I have been waiting more than fifty years for this book -- JIM CRACE