Fatima Bhutto at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

In this event recorded live at the 2019 Edinburgh International
Book Festival, we are thrilled to welcome back Fatima Bhutto to
discuss her second novel The Runaways. Published against the
backdrop of the Shamima Begum controversy, Bhutto’s novel could
hardly feel more topical: set between Portsmouth and Karachi, it
charts the lives of three vividly-drawn characters from
contrasting backgrounds. The Runaways offers compelling reasons
why jihadis are able to lure rootless, marginalised people into
terrorism.