Edgware Road
«Part family mystery, part immigrant hustle, Edgware Road is a complete tour de force... Khan calls up all the ghosts that prowl between children and their parents, between immigrants and their homelands, between our dreams of wealth and our hunger for love, and exorcises them with prose so lapidary and understanding so vast Khan's novel is like unto a blessing'»
Junot Díaz
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Apollo
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 368
- ISBN
- 9781801107365
- Utgivelsesår
- 2023
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Part family mystery, part immigrant hustle, Edgware Road is a complete tour de force... Khan calls up all the ghosts that prowl between children and their parents, between immigrants and their homelands, between our dreams of wealth and our hunger for love, and exorcises them with prose so lapidary and understanding so vast Khan's novel is like unto a blessing'»
Junot Díaz
«Poised to be one of the debuts of the season»
Vogue India
«A brilliant, intriguing novel about identity and family. The smells and sounds of 1980s London leap from the page and the characters feel so real that I can hardly believe they're not»
Louise Hare
«At a time when travelling is almost impossible, this beautiful novel transported me. An elegant and moving book from a highly promising new voice in fiction»
Sathnam Sanghera
«A gripping mixture of mystery, family drama and insights into the immigrant experience, Khan's expansive debut depicts two generations of a London Pakistani family, and the secrets of an estranged father that keep haunting his daughter years after his death»
Waterstones
«A moving, evocative read»
Woman's Own
«An incredibly accomplished debut... This is an affecting debut focussed on the themes of family and identity»
Adele Parks