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Kamila Shamsie · b. 1973 · Pakistan / United Kingdom

Why it matters

A modern reimagining of Sophocles's Antigone among British Muslims: a jihadist's children collide with the family of Britain's hard-line Home Secretary once one of them is recruited by ISIS. Five tightly built parts stage a classical tragedy inside a very contemporary radicalization story.

At a glance

Literary but accessible prose builds tense momentum toward a foretold tragic ending.