RaveHindustan TimesA colossus of a writer who makes you laugh your way to tears; whose words burn and lacerate till you can’t hold it in anymore and you have to stop just to start again. Red Birds, his third novel, does not disappoint ... Look inside Red Birds for that catharsis that can be the only deliverance to us from ourselves ... Hanif takes you on an emotional roller-coaster without really telling you that you are on it. You expect the laugh. You don’t see what sits under it, peeling the flesh off your face ... a book that is rich in the dark mirror it holds up.
