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´A marvel, describing the interlinked fates of antagonists in a forgotten war-scape - and the complicity of our own sheltered lives in remote conflicts´ Pankaj Mishra, Guardian, Summer Reads 2018

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A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

´A marvel, describing the interlinked fates of antagonists in a forgotten war-scape - and the complicity of our own sheltered lives in remote conflicts´ Pankaj Mishra, Guardian, Summer Reads 2018

A savage, irreverent satire telling important truths about the absurdity of war and the impossibility of peace.

An American pilot crash lands in the desert and takes refuge in the very camp he was supposed to bomb. Hallucinating palm trees and worrying about dehydrating to death isn´t what Major Ellie expected from this mission. Still, it´s an improvement on the constant squabbles with his wife back home. Things aren´t much better for teenage Momo and his dog, both trapped in the camp. His money-making schemes are failing, his brother left for his first day at work and never returned, his parents are at each other´s throats, and an aid worker has shown up wanting to research him for her book on the Teenage Muslim Mind.

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A thrilling, razor-sharp critique of US foreign policy . Hanif is dextrous and ambitious with the literary tools of both east and west . Combine this with humour as cutting as Heller or Evelyn Waugh, as precise and modern as Sam Lipsyte or Wells Tower, and you have something highly original . Red Birds is an incisive, unsparing critique of war and of America´s role in the destruction of the Middle East. It combines modern and ancient farcical traditions in thrilling way Dina Nayeri Guardian

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Hanif, Mohammed
Mohammed Hanif was born in Okara, Pakistan. He graduated from the Pakistan Air Force Academy as Pilot Officer but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism. His first novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and won the Commonwealth Writers´ Prize for Best First Novel. His second novel, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, was shortlisted for the 2012 Wellcome Prize. He has written the libretto for a new opera Bhutto. He writes regularly for the New York Times, BBC Urdu, and BBC Punjabi. He currently splits his time between Berlin and Karachi.

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