We Are All Birds of Uganda: Will Gompertz reviews Hafsa Zayyan's debut novel ★★★☆☆

We Are All Birds of Uganda: Will Gompertz reviews Hafsa Zayyan's debut novel ★★★☆☆

BBC·2021-01-16 09:00

Sameer's life is going well. The 26-year-old Cambridge graduate is a rising star at his London law firm, he lives in a swanky penthouse flat in Clerkenwell in central London, and plays as hard as he works - and he works very hard.

It's enough to go to a young man's head, but his feet are kept on the ground by two old mates - Jeremiah and Rahool - from his home town of Leicester, who, like him, are making their way in the capital.

The three amigos hang out, listen to the rapper Dave's Psychodrama album and drink vodka. They're celebrating Sameer's career-advancing offer of a move to Singapore, Jeremiah's new job at a recording studio, and Rahool's decision to… go back to Leicester?

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