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Nikki Bedi talks to Daniyal Mueenuddin, the Pakistani-American author behind one of the year鈥檚 most anticipated novels, This Is Where The Serpent Lives. They discuss how it weaves a panoply of different characters with a kaleidoscopic overview of Pakistan鈥檚 social upheaval and rural/urban conflicts following independence.

Plus Bidisha joins as this week鈥檚 cultural critic, discussing Richard Linklater, French New Wave cinema, Albanian folk music, the films of Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi, the photography of Peter Hujar and one of world鈥檚 biggest selling genre鈥檚: 鈥渞omantasy鈥�.

(Photo: Daniyal Mueenuddin. Credit: Chris Blonk)