Books: Parable of triumph and tragedy
Pureland's takeover by the extremists reflects what is happening in most parts of the world today
Often described as a 'parable about Pakistan' or a 'political parable', Zarrar Said's debut novel, Pureland, is a racy first-person narrative by an assassin called the 'Scimitar' hired to kill the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Salim Agha, from the
