The Special Relationship
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Special Relationship
By (Author) Hassan Abdulrazzak
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
26th February 2020
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
Plays, playscripts, drama
Theatre studies
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
Migration, immigration and emigration
True stories of survival of abuse and injustice
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 8mm
140g
Description
True stories from the sharp edge of transatlantic deportation.
In America, foreign nationals can be deported after serving prison sentences; some of them are British. Hassan Abdulrazzak interviewed ex-prisoners and experts in immigration and criminal law to get behind the political rhetoric, and to explore the extraordinary realities of people caught up in the quagmire of immigration detention and deportation.
These are their verbatim stories of double punishment and separation, stuck in the transatlantic tango between Trump and May.
Author Bio
Hassan Abdulrazzak is an author of Iraqi origin, born in Prague and living in London. His plays include Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre, 2007), The Prophet (Gate Theatre, 2012), Love, Bombs and Apples (Arcola Theatre, 2016) and And Here I Am (Shubbak, 2017). He is the recipient of the George Devine, Meyer-Whitworth and Pearson theatre awards as well as the Arab British Centre Award for Culture.
