Sonia Faleiro

Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Non-Fiction DaggerLonglisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2022 ‘Haunting … lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned’ Sunday Times‘A compelling whodunnit ... Devastating’ Financial Times‘Transfixing’ New York Times‘A powerful, unflinching account of misogyny, female shame and the notion of honour’ Observer ___________________ A masterly and agenda-setting inquest into...

When the robe becomes a weapon, who can stop the violence? We think of Buddhism as a faith of peace, rooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the robe is being turned into a weapon as radical monks and nationalist movements unleash hatred and war. In The Robe and the Sword, acclaimed journalist Sonia...