The Wasted Vigil

In The Wasted Vigil, Nadeem Aslam, the award-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, brilliantly knits together five seemingly unconnected lives to create a luminous story set in contemporary Afghanistan.There's Marcus, an English expat who was married to an outspoken Afghani doctor; David, a former American spy; Lara, from St. Petersburg, looking for traces of her brother, a Russian soldier who disappeared years before; Casa, a young Afghani whose hatred of the Americans has plunged him into the blinding depths of zealotry; and James, an American Special Forces soldier. Aslamreveals the intertwining paths that these characters have traveled, constructing a timely and intimate portrait of the complex ties that bind us and the wars that continue to tear us apart.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 09/08/2009
ISBN: 9780307388742
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.26w x 0.80d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 10/18/2009 pg. 24