Monica Alis literary debut is reissued this month to tie in with the filmadaptation of the book. Shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize it traces thetransformati... » 

Monica Alis literary debut is reissued this month to tie in with the filmadaptation of the book. Shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize it traces thetransformation of a of Asian girl Nazneen. Ali has an impressive command ofher story but her real gift is in the richness of the lives she has createdpopulating Nazneens London with a very entertaining cast of comic charactersTimes «