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Exquisite Cadavers
From the author of `When I Hit You`, shortlisted for the 2018 Women`s Prize for FictionKarim and Maya:[x] share a home[x] worry about money[x] binge-watch films[x] argue all the timeKarim, a young film-maker, carries with him the starry-eyed dreams of the Arab Revolution. Maya carries her own pressing concerns: an errant father, an unstable job, a chain-smoking habit, a sudden pregnancy. When Karim`s brother disappears in Tunis, and Karim wants to go after him, Maya must choose between her partner and her home city, her future and her history…In a conversation between forms, fictions and truths, `Exquisite Cadavers` is a novel about a young couple navigating love in London, and a literary hall of mirrors about an author navigating the inspirations behind her work.”An inventive fusion” Observer”A work of brilliance” Financial Times