The Edinburgh International Book Festival was thrilled to welcome back Fatima Bhutto in 2019 to discuss her second novel The Runaways with Roanna Gonsalves. Published against the backdrop of the Shamima Begum controversy, Bhutto’s novel could hardly feel more topical: set between Portsmouth and Karachi, it charts the lives of three vividly drawn characters from contrasting backgrounds, offering compelling reasons why jihadis are able to lure rootless, marginalised people into terrorism.