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    City of Spies
    City of Spies
    City of Spies
    Audiobook9 hours

    City of Spies

    Written by Sorayya Khan

    Narrated by Soneela Nankani

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    About this audiobook

    In this intimate coming-of-age story set in the late 1970s, a young girl struggles to make sense of the chaos around her during Pakistan’s political upheaval, where the military revolts, the embassy burns, and a terrible secret tears her world apart.

    Eleven-year-old Aliya Shah lives a double life in Islamabad, Pakistan—at home with her Pakistani father and Dutch mother, and at the American School, where Aliya tries to downplay that she is a “half-and-half.” But when a hit-and-run driver kills the son of the family’s servant, Sadiq, who is also Aliya’s dear friend, her world is turned upside down. After she discovers the truth behind the tragedy—a terrible secret that burdens her heart—her conflicted loyalties are tested as never before.

    Based on the author’s own experiences growing up in Islamabad, City of Spies offers a poignant and dramatic portrait of a tumultuous time, as seen through the eyes of a brave and compassionate young heroine struggling to find her place in the gray area between loyalty and complicity, family and country.

    Revised edition: This edition of City of Spies includes editorial revisions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 19, 2017
    ISBN9781536630510
    City of Spies
    Author

    Sorayya Khan

    Sorayya Khan is the author of two previous novels, Noor and Five Queen’s Road. She is the recipient of a US Fulbright award, and City of Spies was the 2015 winner of the Best International Fiction Book at the Sharjah International Book Fair.

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    • 1/5
      It’s not badly written, it’s just not what I expected based on the description, and it is not a book I would have chosen for myself if I had realized what it was really about. This is a slow paced, fictional memoir, focused on a very short period in a young girl’s life. It takes place in late 1970s Pakistan, during the time when the Prime Minister is deposed, American hostages are taken in Iran, and the US Embassy in Pakistan is burned. I did not connect with the narrator and found the book itself to be tedious and boring. If you enjoy literary fiction and childhood memoirs, though, you may like this book. It’s just not my thing.