The shadow of the crescent moon
Bhutto, Fatima, 1982-2013
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Fatima Bhutto's debut novel begins and ends one rain swept Friday morning in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan's Tribal Areas close to the Afghan border. Three brothers meet for breakfast. Soon after, the eldest, recently returned from America, hails a taxi to the local mosque. The second, a doctor, goes to check in at his hospital. His troubled wife does not join the family that morning. No one knows where Mina goes these days. And the youngest, the idealist, leaves for town on a motorbike. Seated behind him is a beautiful, fragile girl whose life and thoughts are overwhelmed by the war that has enveloped the place of her birth. Three hours later their day will end in devastating circumstances.
Main title:
The shadow of the crescent moon / Fatima Bhutto.
Author:
Bhutto, Fatima, 1982-, author
Imprint:
London : Viking, 2013.London : Viking, 2013.
Collation:
230 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780670922987 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1200250