Edgware Road

A wide-ranging novel about family and identity; from an award-winning historian. 1981: Khalid Quraishi feels like one of the lucky ones. Working in the glitzy West End by night and spending time with his beautiful wife and daughter by day; he's a world away from the life he left behind in Karachi. But Khalid likes to gamble - twenty pounds on the fruit machine here; a thousand on a sure-thing investment there. And now he's chanced upon his biggest opportunity yet; it looks like he'll finally have his big win... 2003: Alia Quraishi doesn't really remember her dad. She hardly ever saw him after her parents got divorced - so when she received the news that he died in an alleged accident; she had no reason to believe otherwise. But now that almost twenty years have passed; she has questions. And with no links to her father left in the UK; Alia knows that the only way to find answers is to visit his first home in Pakistan; and connect with a family that feel more like strangers. Praise for Edgware Road: 'A complete tour de force' Junot Diaz 'Poised to be one of the debuts of the season' Vogue India 'An elegant and moving book' Sathnam Sanghera