Kamila Shamsie

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A magnificent novel- beautiful, terrible, true _x2026_ It reads already like a classic' - Ali SmithShortlisted for the Baileys Women s Prize for...

A powerful exploration of the clash between society, friendship and power - from the internationally bestselling author of Home Fire, winner of the Women's Prize 'A profound novel about friendship. I...

'A richly woven novel ... The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian'The plot...

'A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness' - Financial Times'Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled - Shamsie's voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness' - Guardian'Completely authentic, complex, and breath-stopping' -...

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMESFor girls, becoming women was...

For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star Hasan lives an idyllic childhood of abundance- of pomegranates and cricket and ostensible serenity. This illusory veneer...

A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches...

'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent'A whirlwind - Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood - Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian'Kamila Shamsie has created...