Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize By the acclaimed winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018 Soul mates from birth, Karim & Raheen finish one another`s sentences, speak in anagrams & lie spine to spine. They are irrevocably bound to one another & to Karachi, Pakistan. It beats in their hearts
- violent, polluted, corrupt, vibrant, brave & ultimately, home. As the years go by they let a barrier of silence build between them until, finally, they are brought together during a dry summer of strikes & ethnic violence & their relationship is poised between strained friendship & fated love.