Oye!

by Sahibzada Mubashir Noor

Publisher - Alkemy Resources

Category

- General Novel

Throughout my childhood, I’d heard any man seeking to prosper in life must, if needed, proclaim a donkey as his father. I suspected for me that day had arrived.

A cranky parakeet runs the republic. A rebel djinn poses as an out-of-work clown. The rapping dervish who speaks to angels. A slum-dwelling boy who can raise the dead. A blundering cult out to kill an invincible virus. The wicked spirit that hates bribes. The king of crows who lost his crown. A cocky gecko with a talent for corruption. A frail old geezer famed as the Butcher. The otherworldly savior no one believes. And a hopeless firebrand’s guide to staying in power.

OYE! is a collection of stories about paycheck-to-paycheck living in modern Pakistan. These are tales steeped in satire and black humor and sprinkled with the supernatural. They explore the crimes and cruelty, the desperation, the search for slivers of hope that daily occupy a hapless people.

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