I’ll say it’s about time that a Pakistani has written a fiction about drones. Review of Bullets and Train by Adeerus Ghayan So, I guess, this alone would suffice as the publicity gimmick for its readers. Oh, and before I forget, this novel does tell us how the Azadi and Inquilab Marches are going to end and who the scriptwriter is. There are typos but I guess he’ll fix them in his second edition as he did with his last novel. It is fast paced and has its moments of action but is nonetheless politico-military novel. Unlike Bullets and Train, the Scriptwriter is not action-packed. Yup, they are connected and this is what the novel is about. The plot is built around a conspiracy involving international involvement in Pakistani politics and US’s attack on the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant. Adeerus Ghayan has superbly played on this paranoia and delivered a politico-military thriller. The title Scriptwriter refers to the “entity” masterminding the agitation against the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government in Pakistan these days. For the rest, I’ll start by explaining the title. Since I reviewed his last book Bullets and Train, I thought why not?Īny Pakistani, no matter living where on this planet would surely know what the book is about just by the title. Review of The Scriptwriter by Adeerus GhayanĪdeerus Ghayan’s new book The Scriptwriter is out.
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