The Scatter Here Is Too Great

The Scatter Here Is Too Great
AuthorBilal Tanweer
LanguageEnglish
Set inKarachi, Pakistan
Publisher
Publication date
  • 2013 (India)
  • 2014 (UK)
  • 2014 (USA)
  • 2014 (France)
  • 2016 (Germany)
Publication placeIndia
Awards
ISBN9788184005066

The Scatter Here Is Too Great is a debut novel by Pakistani writer Bilal Tanweer, published in 2013. It depicts the event of a bombing at a railway station in Karachi. The story has been told from the perspective of witnesses, victims, family members, friends, associates, and lovers. The novel was awarded the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize in 2014, and was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Chautauqua Prize in 2015.