Dvar Paris Reading Group

Excited to announce our first book club meet! 📚 If you’re in Paris and interested in literature, we will be reading and discussing This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin in May.
Orphaned as a little boy and fending for himself in the city streets, Yazid rises to a place of responsibility and respect in the Lahore household of Colonel Atar, a powerful industrialist and politician. Born on Colonel Atar’s country estate to a poor gardener, Saqib is entrusted with the management of a pioneering business, but he overreaches and finds himself an outlaw. The colonel’s son competes with his cherished brother for the love of a woman and discovers that her choice colours his life.
Moving from Pakistan’s dazzling chaotic cities to its lawless feudal countryside, This Is Where the Serpent Lives powerfully evokes contemporary feudal Pakistan, following the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters whose lives are linked through violence and tragedy, triumph, and love.