Ali Sethi proviene de una familia de periodistas y editores disidentes en Pakistán. Recién graduado de Harvard, ha contribuido a publicaciones destacadas como The New York Times y The Nation. Su escritura se caracteriza por una profunda comprensión de la psicología humana y las cuestiones sociales. La obra de Sethi explora las complejidades de la identidad y la cultura con notable sensibilidad e inteligencia.
Zaki has arrived back in Lahore to celebrate the wedding of his childhood friend & elder cousin Samar. Amidst the preparations in the house in which he grew up, Zaki revisits the past - his childhood as a fatherless boy growing up in a household of outspoken women & his & Samar's intertwined journeys from youth to adulthood.