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The Runaways - The new 'bold and probing novel' you won't be able to stop talking about (Paperback)
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The Runaways - The new 'bold and probing novel' you won't be able to stop talking about (Paperback)
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'Bhutto's new novel will move you with its profound wisdom and
sharp grasp of our turbulent times' Elif Shafak 'This is a bold and
probing novel, from a writer strikingly alert to something small
and true' Guardian ______________________________ How far would you
run to escape your life? Anita lives in Karachi's biggest slum. Her
mother is a maalish wali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich
women. But Anita's life will change forever when she meets her
elderly neighbour, a man whose shelves of books promise an escape
to a different world. On the other side of Karachi lives Monty,
whose father owns half the city and expects great things of him.
But when a beautiful and rebellious girl joins his school, Monty
will find his life going in a very different direction. Sunny's
father left India and went to England to give his son the
opportunities he never had. Yet Sunny doesn't fit in anywhere. It's
only when his charismatic cousin comes back into his life that he
realises his life could hold more possibilities than he ever
imagined. These three lives will cross in the desert, a place where
life and death walk hand in hand, and where their closely guarded
secrets will force them to make a terrible choice.
______________________________ 'Highly topical . . . The Runaways
offers an unflinching look at the key subjects of our time and the
riveting story of three memorable characters' Financial Times 'A
shocking, moving, and deeply compassionate novel' Vogue 'Every page
of this is priceless' Gary Shteyngart 'A powerful and moving book.
It is a book that anyone rushing to condemn young people for being
radicalised should read' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the
Museum 'As compassionate as it is trenchant, this rare fiction is
an illuminating guide through the great disorder of our times'
Pankaj Mishra, author of Age of Anger 'Dazzling . . . a novel that
holds up to scrutiny a world of claustrophobic war zones, virulent
social media and cities collapsing upon themselves, and then sets
it down again, transformed by the grace of storytelling' Siddartha
Deb, author of The Point of Return ______________________________
PRAISE FOR FATIMA BHUTTO'S PREVIOUS WORK: 'It's clear that there is
an ambitious literary mind at work...Bhutto's talent is evident,
exciting' The New York Times Book Review 'Bhutto is a gifted and
compelling writer, economically and poetically summoning up this
beautiful mountainous backwater' Mail on Sunday 'Incredibly
ambitious, extremely powerful and moving' BBC Radio 4
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