Other authors on the shortlist of finalists who also wrote about immigration and exile this year included Hisham Matar , whose novel '' In the Country of Men '' tells the story of a 9-year-old boy grappling with the violence and secrets of Libya in 1979 ; and Kate Grenville , whose book '' The Secret River '' describes a British convict 's journey to a new life in Australia in the 19th century .
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