The Runaways

Dazzling. A novel that holds up to scrutiny a world of claustrophobic war zones virulent social media and cities collapsing upon themselves and then sets it down again transformed by the grace of storytelling. – Siddartha Deb author of The Point of Return. Anita lives in Karachi’s biggest slum. Her mother is a maalish wali paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita's life will change forever when she meets her elderly neighbour a man whose shelves of books promise an escape to a di...See More