Description
A witty and theatrical South Asian mystery novel set over the course of one single electrifying night, exploring the unfinished business death leaves in its wake. Nazia Sami is a celebrated author, but perhaps her greatest plot twist is yet to be produced. In her final days, she wields a pen one last time as she fills her diary with instructions for her sister and writes six letters to be delivered after her death. There is to be no funeral for Nazia. Instead, only six invitees are invited to a party, one of whom is a mystery guest. Over the course of an extraordinary evening, secrets are revealed, pasts reconsidered, and lives are forever changed.
About the Author
Taha Kehar is a novelist, journalist and literary critic. He graduated in Law from SOAS University of London and has since written and co-edited novels, short stories, essays, reviews and commentaries which have been published in South Asia and in the UK. Taha Kehar is currently based in Karachi, Pakistan where he continues to write while also teaching undergraduate media courses.
Reviews
"a beautifully controlled blend of wit, compassion and cultural hypocrisy that shines a revealing light on how death can change the lives of those left behind"-Daily Mail;"...this isn't simply a salacious story about affairs and scandals. It's a layered, piecing-together of a woman through the perspectives of those who loved - and hated- her; a woman whose parting gift to them all is the opportunity to heal themselves. Taha's writing style, laced with colourful metaphors and discerning remarks about society, makes the novel a delight to devour."-The New Arab;"Sharp, incisive and thoroughly entertaining, this is a novel I practically raced through. Part mystery, part social satire, this is a brilliant new novel from Taha Kehar."-Awais Khan, author of 'Someone Like Her';"even at first reading, I felt that his depiction of a complicated network of social, familial, sexual and political relationships drew deeply from his rootedness in Karachi, and the purpose of his story, within its subverted mystery setting, is to remove masks from faces and unpeel layers of the identities we conceal from ourselves."-Aamer Hussein
Book Information
ISBN 9781911107743
Author Taha Kehar
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Neem Tree Press Limited
Publisher Neem Tree Press Limited
A contemporary South Asian mystery novel.
About the Author
Taha Kehar is a novelist, journalist and literary critic. He graduated in Law from SOAS University of London and has since written and co-edited novels, short stories, essays, reviews and commentaries which have been published in South Asia and in the UK. Taha Kehar is currently based in Karachi, Pakistan where he continues to write while also teaching undergraduate media courses.
Reviews
"a beautifully controlled blend of wit, compassion and cultural hypocrisy that shines a revealing light on how death can change the lives of those left behind"-Daily Mail;"...this isn't simply a salacious story about affairs and scandals. It's a layered, piecing-together of a woman through the perspectives of those who loved - and hated- her; a woman whose parting gift to them all is the opportunity to heal themselves. Taha's writing style, laced with colourful metaphors and discerning remarks about society, makes the novel a delight to devour."-The New Arab;"Sharp, incisive and thoroughly entertaining, this is a novel I practically raced through. Part mystery, part social satire, this is a brilliant new novel from Taha Kehar."-Awais Khan, author of 'Someone Like Her';"even at first reading, I felt that his depiction of a complicated network of social, familial, sexual and political relationships drew deeply from his rootedness in Karachi, and the purpose of his story, within its subverted mystery setting, is to remove masks from faces and unpeel layers of the identities we conceal from ourselves."-Aamer Hussein
Book Information
ISBN 9781911107743
Author Taha Kehar
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Neem Tree Press Limited
Publisher Neem Tree Press Limited
