Pakistani Days

  • Book: The Scatter Here is Too Great
  • Location: Karachi
  • Author: Bilal Tanweer

Review Author: A Lady Traveller

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Content

Written almost as a series of short stories, this book relates what happens to various people caught up in an explosion at a bus station in Karachi, Pakistan.
The thread running through each chapter is a failed writer who is mourning the loss of the father who taught him to read, write & imagine.
Each of the other characters described is linked with the author in some way.
This is a poignant & moving book, with great characterisation by Tanweer & description which really brings Karachi alive for the reader.

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