Alentejo Blue

Limited first edition. 8vo. 299pp. Dark blue cloth, embossed in gilt to spine, light blue endpapers, sans dustjacket, as issued. In a matching blue slipcase, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. 1/1000 printed copies, signed by Ali to limitation page.

Author's second novel. The return of a prodigal son to his seemingly tranquil Portuguese village is the fulcrum that brings to the fore long-simmering resentments between villagers, tourists and expatriates alike. Shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize and nominated the same year for the National Book Circle Critics Award for Fiction for Brick Lane. Selected by Granta Magazine as one of its Twenty Best Young British Novelists in 2003. "These stories are absorbing and beautiful... legitimately gripping and lovely prose." –Baltimore Sun