Karim, a young film-maker, carries with him the starry-eyed dreams of the Arab Revolution. Maya carries her own pressing concerns: an errant father, an unstable job, a chain-smoking habit, a sudden pregnancy. When Karim s brother disappears in Tunis, and Karim wants to go after him, Maya must choose between her partner and her home city, her future and her history . . . In conversation between forms, fictions and truths, Exquisite Cadavers is a story about a young couple navigating love in London, and a literary hall of mirrors about an author navigating the inspirations behind her work.