Return of Faraz Ali

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND NPRWINNER OF THE 2023 L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION“Stunning not only on account of the author’s talent, of ...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND NPRWINNER OF THE 2023 L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION“Stunning not only on account of the author’s talent, of which there is clearly plenty, but also in its humanity.” —New York Times Book Review (cover)Sent back to his birthplace—Lahore’s notorious red-light district—to hush up the murder of a girl, a man finds himself in an unexpected reckoning with his past.Not since childhood has Faraz returned to the Mohalla, in Lahore’s walled inner city, where women continue to pass down the art of courtesan from mothe