Madeleine Feeny

Doctor in despair: Tell Her Everything, by Mirza Waheed, reviewed

A surgeon from Kashmir is tormented by the penal operations he once performed under Sharia law, such as amputations for robbery

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  • Tell Her Everything

    Mirza Waheed

    Melville House, pp. 240, £20

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