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One lazy Karachi evening, Brigadier Azad is pre-occupied with thoughts of his mistress, when he is disturbed by the urgent news of a coup threatening the peace in Pakistan.
In crisp military prose and with classic dry wit, Fatima Bhutto lays bare the constant tussle between the military and everybody else.
Imprint: Penguin
Published: Feb/2015
Length : 30 Pages
MRP : ₹49.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
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Imprint: Penguin
Published: Feb/2015
ISBN: 9789351189473
Length : 30 Pages
MRP : ₹49.00
One lazy Karachi evening, Brigadier Azad is pre-occupied with thoughts of his mistress, when he is disturbed by the urgent news of a coup threatening the peace in Pakistan.
In crisp military prose and with classic dry wit, Fatima Bhutto lays bare the constant tussle between the military and everybody else.
Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and grew up between Syria and Pakistan. She is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, was long listed for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and the memoir about her father’s life and assassination, Songs of Blood and Sword, was published to acclaim. Her most recent books are The Runaways, a novel, and New Kings of the World, a non-fiction reportage on popular culture and globalisation.
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