(2002) is the third novel by the Karachi-born author Kamila Shamsie and the “first full-length Pakistani-English novel with the 1971 war”, which resulted in the secession of Pakistan’s East wing, “as its central concern” (Bhattacharji, 385). Today, Shamsie is best known for her highly prescient

(2017), which explores the familial repercussions of a young British Pakistani’s recruitment by the Islamic State, and for her post-9/11 novel

(2009). Predominantly set in Karachi,

follows on from Shamsie’s fabular debut

(1998), a tale of political oppression under military rule, and from

a witty post-Partition story of love across class and international boundaries. It was initially reviewed as…

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