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The end of mirth DOG-EARED The irrepressible writer Moni Mohsin is publishing a new novel to take the edge off this bitter year. Or so you tell yourself, until you crack open The Impeccable Integrity Of Ruby R. and realise that it’s a tragedy in the packaging of a comedy. Ruby R. isn’t about the pandemic. It’s a story about the subcontinent’s other viral problem, populism. The titular Miss Ruby Rauf is a struggling university student in London who attends a talk by trim, springy-haired actor-turnedpolitician Saif Haq. Saif wants to transform their home country, Pakistan. He wishes to...

Moni Mohsin’s new novel is another wicked satire, this time on Pakistan’s political figures An excerpt from ‘The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R’. Author Moni Mohsin. Two days later, Ruby’s summons arrived by text. Mr Saif Haq had invited Miss Ruby Rauf to his London office the next day at 4 pm to meet his team and discuss issues she had raised at their last meeting. Delighted to have been remembered, Ruby was nevertheless disappointed by the perfunctory tone of the text. But, she told herself, it was good that it was professional. It showed respect. The message gave a St J...