Monica Ali 
Brick Lane 
By the bestselling author of LOVE MARRIAGE

***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four***
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY PICK
“Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime“ SUNDAY TIMES
Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London“s East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband.
Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings – until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate.
A GRANTA BEST OF BRITISH YOUNG NOVELIST
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD
“A brilliant evocation of sensuality“ DAILY TELEGRAPH
“A novel that will last“ GUARDIAN
“ Highly evolved and accomplished“ OBSERVER
Reader“s love for BRICK LANE:
“ Memorable and gripping“ *****
“The kind of book that changes your perception of the world“ *****
“This has become a classic and i can see why“*****
“Funny, sharp and very touching“ *****