Chakiwara is a far from attractive locality of Karachi by the insalubrious River Lyari - one gets multiple insights into its dysfunctionality, squalor and rundown state - but the writer makes it charming due to the fondness mixed with irony with which he writes about it. His characters are somewhat caricaturish but highly amusing. The narrative flows very well whenever dialogues are introduced and can become a little turgid in the longer descriptions.
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