Best of Friends: from the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

A profound novel about friendship, set in 1988 Karachi and present-day London, explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape, and the way the political world intrudes into the personal.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 08 June 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A Profound Novel About Friendship


I Loved It to Pieces


MADELINE MILLER


SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023


PICKED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES
BEST PAPERBACKS OF 2023


CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY
THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES, AND FINANCIAL TIMES

Maryam and Zahra.


In 1988, Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets, and a love for George Michael.


As Pakistan's dictatorship falls and a woman comes to power, the world suddenly seems full of possibilities.


Elated by the change in the air, they make a snap decision at a party.


That night, everything goes wrong, and the two girls are powerless to change the outcome.

Zahra and Maryam.


In present-day London, two influential women remain bound together by loyalties, disloyalties, and the memory of that night, which echoes through the present in unexpected ways.


Now both have power; and both have very different ideas of how to wield it...


Their friendship has always felt unbreakable; can it be undone by one decision?

An Epic Story That Explores


The Ties of Childhood Friendship,


The Possibility of Escape,


The Way the Political World Intrudes Into the Personal,


All Through the Lens of Two Sharply Drawn Protagonists


Observer

Weight: 234g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526647719