Karachi Vice - Life and Death in a Contested City

In this powerful debut, Samira Shackle explores the city of her mother's birth in the company of a handful of Karachiites. As their individual experiences unfold, so Shackle tells the bigger story of Karachi over the past decade: a period in which the Taliban arrive in Pakistan, adding to the residents' daily perils and pushing their city into the international spotlight.

About the author

SAMIRA SHACKLE is the editor of New Humanist magazine and a regular contributor to the Guardian Long Read She travels regularly to Pakistan, where she has family, and spent extensive time there working on the book. Karachi Vice is her debut.

Summary

A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out - from an electrifying new voice in narrative non-fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Samira Shackle, Shackle Samira
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2022
• EAN: 9781783785407
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-540-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 18 mm x 201 mm
• Weight: 198 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Pakistan, TRAVEL / General, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, Travel writing, Karachi, Reportage & collected journalism, Reportage, journalism or collected columns