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World Book Club: Fatima Bhutto - The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

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World Book Club: Fatima Bhutto

04/04/2020 GMT

Fatima Bhutto - The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

BBC World Service - World Book Club, Fatima Bhutto - The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Five young Pakistani men and women try to live and love in a world on fire

Five young Pakistani men and women try to live and love in a world on fire.

Long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, Bhutto’s lyrical debut novel unfolds over the course of one morning in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan's Tribal Areas close to the Afghan border.
Set during the American invasion of Afghanistan, it chronicles the lives of five young people trying to live and love in a world on fire. On a day seemingly like any other, three brothers meet for breakfast before going their separate ways. Three hours later their day will end in devastating circumstances.

(Photo: Fatima Bhutto)

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