The Cliffhangers

Sabin Iqbal

Moosa, Thaha, Jahangir and Usman are teenagers faced with having to prove their innocence when they are accused of raping a tourist in a fishing village in Kerala. The journalist Sabin Iqbal’s debut novel explores growing communal tension and religious fault lines, adolescent friendship and life near the sea.

Aleph, S499, 184 pages