SAIMA MIR In Person with Paul CTFM
SAIMA MIR author of THE KHAN talks to Paul Burke about her debut novel, her unforgettable characters Jia and Akbar Khan, being a journalist, Bradford, family, sexism, racism and how to navigate the world.
THE KHAN: Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind.
Now, with her father murdered, Jia must return to take his place. The police have…
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