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Shamsie reworks Antigone to examine citizenship, surveillance, and family grief.
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Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie2018 selection · Literary fiction
Home Fire
British Muslim siblings are pulled into conflict with a home secretary’s ambitious son. Recruitment to ISIS turns private loyalty into a public crisis.
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You like contemporary tragedies with classical roots.
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