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No Place for Us
  • Published: 18 March 2027
  • ISBN: 9781529979336
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $55.00
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No Place for Us

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18 Mar 2027
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18 Feb 2027
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18 Feb 2027
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Can any one person resist a dictator? The historical heft of Sebastian Faulks or William Boyd meets the sweeping, accessible narrative style of Kristin Hannah in this gripping drama set against the tumultuous rise of fascism and dictatorship in the late 1930s. From the Sunday Times bestselling author.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND WINNER OF THE SALTIRE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Historical fiction at its finest’ Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things

‘Beautifully written, very much a book for our times' Marcia Hutchinson, author of The Mercy Step

'An exceptional writer and a brilliant storyteller' Shona Maclean, author of the Damian Seeker series.

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What if the only choice you have is no choice at all…

Humberto Barbetti is unwilling secretary to the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. Mercurial, capricious and ruthless to the core, Trujillo has ordered Barbetti to cover up a massacre. But Barbetti harbours a dangerous secret— he is hiding three children orphaned by the regime.

Meanwhile in Europe, two Jewish brothers fleeing Nazi persecution arrive in Paris. Chaim, a talented magician, sets out to make his mark among the nightclubs and cabarets of the capital. The other, Sol, is drawn to the Parisian underworld of politics and resistance.

As Hitler’s forces continue to advance, it seems the brothers will have no choice but to flee again. But when Sol falls under the spell of a beautiful, rich and high-connected American journalist, she offers them another way out – a way out that could change not only their own lives, but history itself.

What if the only choice you have is to survive…

No Place for Us is a vivid and gripping novel for anyone who loves the moral depths of fiction by William Boyd or Sebastian Faulks, coupled with the page-turning plots of Robert Harris or Mick Herron.
  • Published: 18 March 2027
  • ISBN: 9781529979336
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $55.00
Categories:

About the author

Sean Lusk

Sean Lusk’s debut, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, was a BBC2 Between the Covers pick, a Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month, and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize and the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award. His second novel, A Woman of Opinion, won Fiction Book of the Year at the Saltire Book Awards. He is also an award-winning short story writer, winner of the Manchester Fiction Prize, the Fish Short Story Prize and the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition. He has lived in Greece, Pakistan and Egypt and now lives in the Scottish Highlands. You can find him at www.seanlusk.com and on instagram @seanluskauthor
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Praise for No Place for Us

This is historical fiction at its finest. Vivid and authentic characters, and a story that illuminates and transports the reader to a time and place in an unforgettable way.

Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things

A deep and painfully evocative examination of a man trapped between duty and morality, beautifully written, very much a book for our times. I hope Mr Lusk wont mind me comparing him to Graham Greene in his ability to skilfully explore murky moral ambiguity.

Marcia Hutchinson, author of Women's Prize shortlisted The Mercy Step

No Place for Us is the work of an exceptional writer and a brilliant storyteller. It is an utterly convincing, beautifully-realised historical novel that is incredibly pertinent to our times.

Shona Maclean, two times winner of the CWA Historical Dagger for the Damian Seeker series.

A wonderful book. Full of heart, wisdom and compassion, it deals with massive themes that have resonance today, and reminded me of William Boyd’s Any Human Heart. Essentially, it’s a story about stories - those we tell ourselves, those we tell others, and the consequences. A triumph of hope and humanity.

Kate Griffin author of Fyneshade

What does it take to survive in a time of war, deceits, and betrayals? No Place for Us by Sean Lusk is a profound and thrilling novel . . . as relevant today as for the times in which it is set. Sean Lusk goes from strength to strength. Surely one of the finest writers of our generation.

Essie Fox, author of Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights