The Return of Faraz Ali

Aamina Ahmad

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English

Sceptre
12 April 2022

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

'A gripping read - everything beautifully evoked, from the alleys of the Old City to the atmosphere of corruption and secrets.' Kamila Shamsie

A spellbinding debut set in Pakistan during the anarchic late '60s - a tale of family, belonging and the politics of power.

As riots erupt on the streets of Lahore, Inspector Faraz Ali returns to his birthplace, the red-light district in the walled inner city. Wrested from his mother as a child by his influential father to give him a chance at respectability, Faraz has kept his roots secret ever since.

Now his father has sent him back: to cover up the murder of a young prostitute. But for the first time in his career, Faraz finds he cannot obey orders. Nor can he resist searching for the mother and sister he left behind.

Chasing down labyrinthine alleyways for answers that risk shattering his carefully constructed existence, he is unaware that his sister faces returning to the old city too, and to a life she thought she had escaped.

By: Aamina Ahmad
Imprint: Sceptre
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781529356021
ISBN 10: 1529356024
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 12 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aamina Ahmad was born and raised in London, where she worked for BBC Drama and other independent television companies as a script editor. Her play The Dishonoured was produced by Kali Theatre Company in 2016. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a recipient of a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, a Pushcart Prize and a Rona Jaffe Writers Award. Her short fiction has appeared in journals including One Story, the Southern Review and Ecotone. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Reviews for The Return of Faraz Ali

A gripping read - everything beautifully evoked, from the alleys of the Old City to the atmosphere of corruption and secrets. -- Kamila Shamsie (August 2021)