The Centre

<p><b>'Absolutely stunning . . . thrilling and unique' - Gillian Flynn<br>'Creepy, provocative and wildly entertaining' - Emma Stonex<br>'A thrillingly ambitious literary chiller' - <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>Welcome to The Centre. The cost may be high, but you'll never be the same . . . </b><br><br>Anisa Ellahi longs to become a translator of 'great works of literature', but right now she is stuck in her London flat writing subtitles for Bollywood films.<br><br>Then she is told about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees complete fluency in any language in just ten days. Seduced by all that it could make possible, Anisa enrols. But the Centre's services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - it's worth it, right? After all, success comes at a price . . . <br><br><b>By turns dark, funny and surreal, <i>The Centre</i> by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes the reader on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi. Throughout it interrogates the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation and asks: what price would you be willing to pay for success?</b></p>