The Book of Gold Leaves

Two lovers are destined to meet in the city of Srinagar. Roohi beautiful and spirited is haunted by dreams of a mysterious man she believes is her true love. Faiz a dazzling young papier-mâché artist is on the cusp of painting his masterpiece. When fate conspires to bring them together one windswept evening both fall irrevocably in love. But in a time simmering with political strife and rebellion the city they call home erupts in violence threatening everything that the two lovers hold dear. About the Author Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel The Collaborator was an international bestseller and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhatt Prize and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. It was also book of the year for Telegraph New Statesman Financial Times Business Standard and the Telegraph (India) among others. Waheed has written for the BBC Guardian Granta Guernica Al Jazeera English and the New York Times. He lives in London.