A Desi's Guide to Pakistani (English) Fiction

Of Boys and Boredom: Ali Sethi's 'The Wish Maker' proves the author should stick to singing

Of Poems and Identity: Fatimah Asghar's 'If They Come for Us' is worth reading

Of War and Violence: Nadeem Aslam's 'The Wasted Vigil' deserves a longer discussion

Of Viciousness and Vacuity: Shandana Minhas's 'Tunnel Vision' serves no purpose

Of Queens and Qissas: Usman T. Malik's 'City of Red Midnight' makes a good case for oral story telling

Of Adaptations and Averages: Uzma Jalaluddin's 'Ayesha at Last' is a weak version of a famous classic

Of Diversity and Dreams: Aisha Saeed's 'Amal Unbound' makes for great reading for middle grade kids

Of Djinn and Anthologies: Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin's 'The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories' is just amazing supernatural stuff