A Season for Martyrs
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The U.S. literary debut of an up-and-coming Pakistani essayist and novelist
This novel revolves around the last three months of Benazir Bhotto's life — from her arrival back in Pakistan in October of 2007 to her death in a suicide bombing on December 27th — as told through the eyes of Ali, a young journalist who is the estranged son of a wealthy landowner.
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The contemporary narrative has flashbacks to the history of Ali's feudal family, Sufi mystics, a warrior clan, and the history of outside British and American interference.
With Bhutto serving as the centerpiece of the deadly turmoil, Bina Shah reveals the many contradictions of a country that is struggling to enter into modernity.
A Season for Martyrsis her US debut, and we have lightning in a bottle with this very, very talented novelist and journalist.
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