A small fortune by rosie dastgir 2012, hardcover for. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a small fortune. Published in france january 20 by editions christian bourgois. Rosie dastgirs a small fortune and john gappers a fatal debt. An entertaining debut novel reminiscent of zadie smiths white teeth that explores the lives of an extended pakistani family of immigrants in london. The nebbishy, unemployed harris, divorced from his ohsocritical british wife and deposed as paterfamilias, holes up in the north of england to be near his conniving cousin nawaz, who the reader will want to strangle more than once. Rosie dastgir s deeply satisfying first novel, a small fortune, concerns an extended pakistani family in contemporary england. The story loosely follows the story of harris and his relatives especially his daughter, alia, who are split between europe, specifically england, and pakistan. Reading rosie dastgir s novel, a small fortune, was a thoroughly delightful reading experience.
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