Hide and Seek
Djinn City
By Saad Z. Hossain
10 Jan, 2020
Doing What the WFC Cannot Do
Saad Z. Hossain’s 2017 Djinn City is a contemporary fantasy. It may share a setting with Hossain’s The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday.
Blamed by his father for his mother’s death in childbirth, Indelbed has been raised in isolation and genteel poverty. Indelbed is a surprisingly good-natured kid, given his circumstances. His cousin Rais is quite fond of him. When Rais discovers that Indelbed has never been sent to school, Rais tries to fix what he sees as a problem.
Rais doesn’t expect that his efforts will ruin Indelbed’s life.
