Tim Finch works for the leading London think-tank, The Institute for Public Policy Research. He was a BBC political journalist and is a former director of communications for the Refugee Council.
It's an astonishingly good book... There are thoughts here on human rights and the loneliness of those expelled from home, but this serious backbone is wrapped in good stories, humour and tenderness * Emerald Street * A strange but oddly effective mixture of often-light comedy and often-brutal reportage from the front line against tyranny -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail * A savagely funny broadside aimed at the industry of suffering... The former journalist now working for a think tank is authoritative on his subject matter but also irreverently amusing when it comes to sacred cows in this delightfully unusual novel -- Siobhan Murphy * Metro * Ambitious debut novel, a black-hued satire about asylum-seekers -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman * Full of interesting characters * Washington Post *