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On a rain swept morning in a small town in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, three brothers sit down to breakfast. Soon they will set off separately to the mosque for Friday prayers - it is too dangerous to travel together today, of all days.

But they never reach the mosque. Mina, the wife of one brother, has disappeared and he must find her quickly. And beautiful, fragile Samarra, a woman whose fate is intertwined with the lives of the other two brothers, draws them to another part of the war-torn city. For here, on this day, Samarra will make a decision that will change the lives of the three brothers, and the town, forever.

'A gifted and compelling writer . . . poetically summoning up this beautiful mountainous backwater. Powerful.' Daily Mail

'A sense of urgency, a powerful debut. Bhutto artfully blends the personal and the political, skilfully describing the agonising choices. A compelling novel, moving to a devastating conclusion.' Sunday Express

'A thought-provoking, vividly realised critique of the devastation wrought by war and fundamentalism.' Sunday Telegraph

'Brilliant, innovative, impassioned, stunning, exhilarating.' The National