Churail by Kamila Shamsie

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A young woman seeks to transcend the constraints of her overbearing father in this haunting, contemporary tale which combines the duel traditions of Pakistani folklore and feminist gothic in the spirit of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Reader: Zoha Rahman is a British-Pakistani actor best known for her groundbreaking role in Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which she played the first Muslim character in a Marvel film. Writer: Kamila Shamsie is the author of eight novels, which have been translated into over 30 languages. Home Fire (2018) won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, was long listed for the Man Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the Costa Prize. A Vice-President and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, she was one of Granta’s ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ in 2013. She grew up in Karachi, and now lives in London. Her most recent novel is Best of Friends (2022), which was shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards. Producer: Ciaran Bermingham