{"product_id":"the-runaways-the-new-bold-and-probing-novel-you-won-t-be-able-to-stop-talking-about","title":"The Runaways: The new ‘bold and probing novel’ you won’t be able to stop talking about","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bhutto's new novel will move you with its profound wisdom and sharp grasp of our turbulent times'\u003c\/b\u003e Elif Shafak\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'This is a bold and probing novel, from a writer strikingly alert to something small and true'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ______________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHow far would you run to escape your life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anita lives in Karachi's biggest slum. Her mother is a \u003ci\u003emaalish wali\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 different world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On the other side of Karachi lives Monty, whose father owns half the city and expects great things of him. But when a beautiful and rebellious girl joins his school, Monty will find his life going in a very different direction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sunny's father left India and went to England to give his son the opportunities he never had. Yet Sunny doesn't fit in anywhere. It's only when his charismatic cousin comes back into his life that he realises his life could hold more possibilities than he ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These three lives will cross in the desert, a place where life and death walk hand in hand, and where their closely guarded secrets will force them to make a terrible choice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ______________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Highly topical . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Runaways\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unflinching look at the key subjects of our time and the riveting story of three memorable characters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A shocking, moving, and deeply compassionate novel'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Every page of this is priceless\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Shteyngart\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A powerful and moving book. It is a book that anyone rushing to condemn young people for being radicalised should read'\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Youngson, author of \u003ci\u003eMeet Me at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'As compassionate as it is trenchant, this rare fiction is an illuminating guide through the great disorder of our times'\u003c\/b\u003e Pankaj Mishra, author of \u003ci\u003eAge of Anger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'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'\u003c\/b\u003e Siddartha Deb, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Point of Return\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ______________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PRAISE FOR FATIMA BHUTTO'S PREVIOUS WORK\u003ci\u003e:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'It's clear that there is \u003cb\u003ean ambitious literary mind\u003c\/b\u003e at work...Bhutto's talent is evident, exciting' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Bhutto is a \u003cb\u003egifted and compelling writer\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eeconomically and poetically\u003c\/b\u003e summoning up this beautiful mountainous backwater' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003encredibly ambitious, extremely powerful and moving'\u003c\/b\u003e BBC Radio 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241346990\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47909762072753,"sku":"SB-0241346991-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241346991.jpg?v=1789528073","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-runaways-the-new-bold-and-probing-novel-you-won-t-be-able-to-stop-talking-about","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}