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Red Birds
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Description
A powerful novel about war, family and love, from the bestselling, prize-winning author dubbed 'Pakistan's brightest voice' (Guardian)
An American pilot crash lands in the desert and takes refuge in the very camp he was supposed to bomb. Hallucinating palm trees and worrying about dehydrating to death isn't what Major Ellie expected from this mission. Still, it's an improvement on the constant squabbles with his wife back home.
In the camp, teenager Momo's money-making schemes are failing. His brother left for his first day at work and never returned, his parents are at each other's throats, his dog is having a very bad day, and an aid worker has shown up wanting to research him for her book on the Teenage Muslim Mind.
Written with his trademark wit, keen eye for absurdity and telling important truths about the world today, Red Birds reveals master storyteller Mohammed Hanif at the height of his powers.
Product details
| Published | 18 Oct 2018 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781526608437 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Witty, elegaic and deliciously anarchic
John le Carré
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Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds is a marvel, describing the interlinked fates of antagonists in a forgotten war-scape – and the complicity of our own sheltered lives in remote conflicts
Pankaj Mishra, Guardian, Summer Reading 2018
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Unputdownable and darkly hilarious … A brave, gifted writer
Mohsin Hamid
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A black comedy about a world in crisis
Guardian, Books of the Year 2018
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Irreverent, imaginative and playful
Financial Times
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Zesty, highly inventive ... Hanif is a gifted writer
Daily Mail













