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CHOSEN AS A 2026 MUST-READ BOOK BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, NEW ARAB AND BBC CULTURE

'AWFULLY ADDICTIVE . . . PEOPLE, GOOD AND BAD, ARE GOING TO LOVE IT' GUARDIAN

'SHARP, THOUGHTFUL AND CRACKLING WITH TENSION' PANDORA SYKES

'A SPECTACULAR TRIUMPH' KHALED HOSSEINI

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