The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

by Fatima Bhutto Fiction

• UK & Comm Viking (2013, Ed. Mary Mount)
• US & Canada Penguin (Ed. Andrea Walker)

Set over the course of one morning in a small town in Pakistan's tribal regions, close to the border with Afghanistan, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is the story of three brothers living through a world on fire. Two women - the beautiful Samarra and the unsettling Mina are at the heart of the novel and through them we see a story of love, of loss, and how the backdrop of continuous war forces the individual to make terrible choices, to choose hope over love, the future over the present.

Devastatingly moving, fast-paced and a deeply resonant novel that goes to the heart of our times, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is an extraordinary debut work of fiction and marks the beginning of a terrific career for this young novelist.

Source: http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/fatima-bhutto/the-shadow-of-the-crescent-moon/