Monica Ali follows up BRICK LANE, her breakout debut, with a novel set in the poorest regions of Portugal. The novel follows the interconnected mix of peasants and tourists that occupy the rural milieu. Though lacking the intensity of...

In BRICK LANE, after an arranged marriage, Nazneen moves with her much older husband, Chanu, from Bangladesh to London, where over the years she manages to make a place for herself in spite of her husband's inability to cope. As she g...