About this ebook
One lazy Karachi evening, Brigadier Azad is pre-occupied with thoughts of his mistress, when he is disturbed by the urgent news of a coup threatening the peace in Pakistan. In crisp military prose and with classic dry wit, Fatima Bhutto lays bare the constant tussle between the military and everybody else.
About the author
Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul, grew up in Damascus, and lives in Karachi. She is the author of a book of poetry, and two works of non-fiction, most recently the bestselling memoir Songs of Blood and Sword, and most recently a novel, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon.
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