* AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST FOR 2024 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2024 * A spellbinding achievementFINANCIAL TIMESPoignant and often painfully comicOBSERVERI gasped, laughed, and wept my way through itKHALED HOSSEINIHugely impressiveNEW EUROPEANNovels like this might help light the wayGUARDIAN ''At once a puzzle hunt and an affecting meditation on exile'' ECONOMIST Tbilisis littered with memories that await me like landminesThe dearly departed voices I silenced long ago have come back without my permission. The situation calls for someone with a plan. I didnt even bring toothpaste. Sabas father is missing, and the trail leads back to Tbilisi, Georgia. Its been two decades since Irakli fled his war-torn homeland with two young sons, now grown menTwo decades since he saw their mother, who stayed so they could escape. At long last, Tbilisi has lured him home. But when Iraklis phone calls stop, a mystery begins... Arriving in