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Can You Hear the Nightbird Call moves from India's Punjab to the streets of Vancouver and follows one family through birth, betrayal, marriage, emigration, and the Air India disaster. As usual Anita Rau Badami's (An-EE-tah  raU  bah-DAH-mee) characters are colourful and complex.

RUNS:  5:13

END CUE:  "...published by Knopf Canada."

Anita Rau Badami-Can You Hear the Nightbird Call Interview