num_pages: 213
description: Hasan is 11 years old and has an idyllic life which is shattered when his uncle, a dissenting politician, is arrested and charged with treason. Hasan resolves to save his uncle, he questions the Oldest Man and hatches plots he can never carry out.
language: English
title: In the city by the sea
titlecomplete: In the city by the sea
genres: Fiction, Asia, Pakistan, Politics
ratings_count: 593
awards: name: Prime Minister of Pakistan's Award
category: Literature
publisher: Penguin Books