pickThe best sort of narrative nonfiction. The story of five people, all of whom are firmly rooted in Karachi life and community- an ambulance-driver, a crime reporter, an educator-activist, a mapmaker-surveyor & a housewife. Shackle interviewed/chatted with the five over a period of five years, resulting in deep storytelling of their lives, concerns, hopes and families, amidst the disorder, violence & corruption of the city. ⬇️
As an aside, is it weird to fall in love with a city you have no intention of ever going near? (Yes, Rachel, it is. Maybe stop talking about now...) Years ago, I fell for Karachi reading Kamila Shamsie‘s Kartography. Despite the horrors (there are a lot of horrors in this book), Karachi Vice hasn‘t managed to shake that from me. 4y
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