From the March 2022 issue

Junior doctor Roopa Farooki: ‘The political leadership should have put things in place to make things better’

The novelist and NHS doctor on how she survived the first 40 days of lockdown

January 27, 2022

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Sameer Rahim is publisher at the Bridge Street Press. He was formerly Prospect’s managing editor and arts and books editor. His novel “Asghar and Zahra” (JM Originals) was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. He was a judge for the 2020 Booker Prize

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