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Title: Why cry?
Review: Yes, the "horrific" Mustafa Khar is indeed a scoundrel, as the book depicts him to be. But within her shallow attempt to galvanize reader support, Tehmina fails to convince us that she deserves anything more than a medal for B grade tabloid literature. Ms. Durrani screams for pity, forgetting that her reputation and conduct too, have been to date, questionable. To the western readers' delight, I can imagine how a "Pakistani woman's plight" might simultaneously incite and propel an anti-feudal mentality, however a few things have gone unaccounted for...such as any real message between the covers. The novel is nothing more than an account of a failed marriage, between a terrible husband and an ungifted author. In any case, it has done little to further destroy two already shatterred reputuation.
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