EDGWARE ROAD

by Yasmin Cordery Khan (£16.99, Head of Zeus, HB) 1981. Khalid Quraishi has it all – a job in the West End, a beautiful wife and daughter. But he also loves to gamble, and is willing to risk it all to win big. Fast forward to 2003, and university professor Alia Quraishi barely remembers her dead father. It will take a life-changing trip to Khalid’s homeland, Karachi, for Alia to discover who she really is. A moving, evocative read.