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“His mother lived in Karachi and he himself spent time in Karachi. You have to remember that the country in the book is fiction but he describes Karachi in fiction like no other fiction writer has done thus far, in the way that he uses language and describes places. And it is a story that Pakistan is all too familiar with – shame and violence and the impact of those two forces.” Read more...
The best books on The Politics of Pakistan
Fatima Bhutto, Memoirist
“This is the only one of his books which is set in Pakistan and it’s a political story….It’s a much harder book than other books that Rushdie has written. It’s less fantastical and a more vigorous book. It certainly describes the craziness of Pakistan in an accurate way.” Read more...
Daniyal Mueenuddin, Short Story Writer
