The writer as exile is the uniting theme of this collection of fiction and poetry by writers from India, the Caribbean, China, South Africa, the USSR, Canada, Australia and Pakistan. Nineteen literary exiles in the UK and USA re-invent their host-countries, transcending race, culture, class and gender. The writers include: Sujata Bhatt, Fred D'Aguiar, Michael Donaghy, Jane Duran, Michael Hoffman, Aamer Hussein, Yasmin Issacs, Kelvin Christopher James, Mimi Khalvati, Adam Lively, Sindiwe Magona, Bharati Mukherjee, Joan Riley, Hanan al Shaykh, Janice Shinebourne, Bapsi Sidhwe, Briar Wood and Zinovy Zinik.