<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Djinns-the invisible beings made of smokeless fire are Allah's creations. Human beings cannot create or beget them, but whether it was a djinn or not, a rumour took birth that day that a djinn was born at the residence of Noor ul Haq, bar-at-law. <br>So begins the story of a lifelong friendship between three unlikely children. Mansoor, the rumoured djinn, who balances his love and loyalty between his devoutly religious mother and his erudite, alcoholic father. Mehrun, the <i>churail</i>-a Medusa-like creature-who struggles to get an English-medium education, the elusive ticket out of poverty. And Joseph, the <i>bhangi, </i>a derisive name for a sweeper, who dreams of becoming a movie star as he cleans the toilets of the rich and powerful. Wearing their insults like a garland, they transgress society's norm and follow their dreams. Their lives intimately tied to the vagaries of Pakistan's politics, alternating between tragedies and triumphs.<br><i>Of Smokeless Fire</i> is a story about belonging and displacement. It is a reminder that belonging is not just about allegiance, and exile is not just physical. The novel asks the questions: Once you are ripped from your homeland, do you become homeless forever? What does it mean to live in a land that has forsaken you? Whether rooted or uprooted, is your relationship with your country conditioned by its politics?</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A.A. Jafri was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. He is an economist by day and a writer by night<i>. Of Smokeless Fire</i> is his first novel.