Written in English
Booker 2008 · Shortlist
The Clothes on Their Backs
The Clothes on Their Backs
Linda Grant · 57 when first published
Novel · 293 pages · Family, Migration
AI-generated summary:In a mansion block off London's Marylebone Road, the bookish only child of timid Hungarian refugees is ten when a flamboyant uncle she never knew existed turns up at the door and is thrown out of the flat.