Best Of Friends
Author: Bloomsbury Editorial Team
ISBN: 9.78E+12
Price: Rs. 530.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
¹…œA profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces MADELINE MILLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL AND FINANCIAL TIMES A dazzling new novel of friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people - from the international bestselling author of Home Fire, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction Fourteen-year-old Maryam and Zahra have always been the best of friends, despite their different backgrounds. Maryam takes for granted that she will stay in Karachi and inherit the family business; while Zahra keeps her desires secret, and dreams of escaping abroad. This year, 1988, anything seems possible for the girls; and for Pakistan, emerging from the darkness of dictatorship into a bright future under another young woman, Benazir Bhutto. But a snap decision at a party celebrating the return of democracy brings the girls childhoods abruptly to an end. Its consequences will shape their futures in ways they cannot imagine. Three decades later, in London, Zahra and Maryam are still best friends despite living very different lives. But when unwelcome ghosts from their shared past re-enter their world, both women find themselves driven to act in ways that will stretch and twist their bond beyond all recognition. Best of Friends is a novel about Britain today, about power and how we use it, and about what we owe to those whove loved us the longest. 'A new Kamila Shamsie novel is always worth celebrating, but Best of Friends is something else: an epic story that explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape, the way the political world intrudes into the personal, all through the lens of two sharply drawn protagonists' Observer, Books of the Year 2022
Browse this title within our Summer Read collection. Edition details: en, 224 pages. Reference ISBN: 9.78E+12.
About the Author
Bloomsbury Editorial Team is an acclaimed author whose published works are celebrated internationally for their narrative mastery and enduring reader appeal.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- General Fiction Readers (All Ages)
- Language & Format
- en • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9.78E+12
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
¹…œA profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces MADELINE MILLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL AND FINANCIAL TIMES A dazzling new novel of friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people - from the international bestselling author of Home Fire,...
Who should read this book?
Recommended for readers who enjoy Summer Read and are looking for genuine, well-crafted literature by Bloomsbury Editorial Team.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this novel for its tender yet unflinching portrait of friendship and the quiet moments that shape a lifetime. Set against a changing Pakistan, it captures the intensity of girlhood, the weight of unspoken choices, and how a single decision can echo across decades. The writing is intimate, emotionally rich, and deeply human, pulling you into the lives of two friends as they grow, drift, and reckon with who they have become. It’s thoughtful, moving, and lingers long after the final page.
- Published by Bloomsbury.
- Language: en.
- Page count: 224.
Catalog Description
¹…œA profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces MADELINE MILLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL AND FINANCIAL TIMES A dazzling new novel of friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people - from the international bestselling author of Home Fire, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction Fourteen-year-old Maryam and Zahra have always been the best of friends, despite their different backgrounds. Maryam takes for granted that she will stay in Karachi and inherit the family business; while Zahra keeps her desires secret, and dreams of escaping abroad. This year, 1988, anything seems possible for the girls; and for Pakistan, emerging from the...
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