Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World – shortlisted for the Booker Prize – explores the final thoughts of a dying woman. After she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain remains active for 10 minutes and 38 seconds as she remembers her life and the lives of her friends, a ragtag community held together by love and beyond the reach of state or mosque. She is speaking with award-winning film director and writer Shamim Sharif, author of the recently released The Shadow Mission.