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WINNER OF THE WRITERS' GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BOWKER VOLCANO AND MCKITTERICK PRIZES

'A stunning debut novel'
Kamila Shamsie

'An impressive, gripping debut'
The Times

'Rich and deeply moving . . . marvellous'
Yaa Gyasi
Pakistan, 1968. As riots erupt in the streets of Lahore, Inspector Faraz Ali returns to his birthplace, the red-light district in the walled inner city. Wrested from it as a child by his powerful father to be raised by a respectable family, Faraz has hidden his roots ever since. Now his father has sent him back: to cover up the murder of a young courtesan.

It should be a simple task, but for once Faraz finds himself unable to obey orders - nor can he resist searching for the mother and sister he left behind. Chasing after answers that risk shattering his precariously constructed existence, Faraz is unaware that his sister also faces a return to the old city, and to the life she
thought she had escaped.

'A gripping read that does not let you go, even after the end'
Maaza Mengiste
' Stunning . . . fully human, fully engaged with what makes us human'
New York Times Book Review
WINNER OF THE WRITERS' GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BOWKER VOLCANO AND MCKITTERICK PRIZES

'A stunning debut novel'
Kamila Shamsie

'An impressive, gripping debut'
The Times

'Rich and deeply moving . . . marvellous'
Yaa Gyasi
Pakistan, 1968. As riots erupt in the streets of Lahore, Inspector Faraz Ali returns to his birthplace, the red-light district in the walled inner city. Wrested from it as a child by his powerful father to be raised by a respectable family, Faraz has hidden his roots ever since. Now his father has sent him back: to cover up the murder of a young courtesan.

It should be a simple task, but for once Faraz finds himself unable to obey orders - nor can he resist searching for the mother and sister he left behind. Chasing after answers that risk shattering his precariously constructed existence, Faraz is unaware that his sister also faces a return to the old city, and to the life she
thought she had escaped.

'A gripping read that does not let you go, even after the end'
Maaza Mengiste
' Stunning . . . fully human, fully engaged with what makes us human'
New York Times Book Review
Über den Autor
Aamina Ahmad
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781529356038
ISBN-10: 1529356032
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 795191
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ahmad, Aamina
Hersteller: Hodder & Stoughton
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 194 x 132 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Aamina Ahmad
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.02.2023
Gewicht: 0,261 kg
Artikel-ID: 120414750

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