U2’s seminal album Achtung Baby was released during my senior year in high school. At the time, I was a huge fan and didn’t know what to make of this new release as it was so different from their earlier work. Once I heard the song Mysterious Ways, though, I really started to dig what I was hearing. I can honestly say I love that album even more today than I did back then. What’s the connection between U2’s Mysterious Ways and today’s guest Kamila Shamsie, well, you will just have to listen to find out!
Meet Kamila Shamsie:
Kamila Shamsie is the author of several novels, including Home Fire, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award, among other honors. She recently joined me to talk about her career and latest novel, Best of Friends.
Key Topics:
- How she pursued writing as a career even though it took five books before she could earn a living by being an author.
- Why she was inspired to write about childhood friendships in her latest novel, Best of Friends.
- How the America she envisioned while growing up in Pakistan did not live up to the expectations she had watching pirated videotapes as a child.
- Why would she tell her younger self to take more risks.
“Having complete control over what you are writing also means having complete responsibility. And that can be terrifying.” — Kamila Shamise
Buy Best of Friends
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SFpTE4
Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780593421826
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kshamsie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kamilashamsie
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