We Are All Birds of Uganda

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‘You can’t stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will.’ 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built. Present-day London. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew. Moving between two continents and several generations over a troubled century, ‘We Are All Birds of Uganda’ is a multi-layered, moving, and immensely resonant novel of love, loss, and what it means to find home.

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‘A remarkably accomplished, polished debut.’ MALORIE BLACKMAN
‘Rightfully tipped for greatness’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘This moving tale of love and loss … is well worth the wait’ INDEPENDENT
‘[W]hat’s distinctive is the modern, multi-ethnic vision of masculinity she presents and the solidarity that emerges from it … undeniably powerful too.’ GUARDIAN
‘[A] sprawling and epic dual narrative … woven together with gentle urgency; sensitive and with a rare perspective on how our mixed race backgrounds can help form feelings of both internal power and conflict.’ I-D MAGAZINE

‘You can’t exactly stop birds from flying, can you? They go where they will…’

1960s UGANDA
. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built.

Present-day LONDON. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew.

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Weight 0.259 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.2 × 2.5 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

370

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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