A new novel from the author of "King Of The Badgers" and "The Northern Clemency". Based on the life of Hensher's husband, Zaved Mahmood, who was born in late 1970 in Dacca, then a regional capital of Pakistan. Told in the form of memoir, narrated by Zaved, it's the history of one of the most ferocious of 20th century civil wars, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh.