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A complicated bond: The Best of Friends, by Kamila Shamsie, reviewed

Maryam and Zahra, once childhood companions in Karachi, meet regularly in London decades later, though their values are often diametrically opposed

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issue 24 September 2022
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  • The Best of Friends

    Kamila Shamsie

    Bloomsbury Circus, pp. 336, £18

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