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Cyrus Cyrus
Accused and convicted of heinous crimes, Cyrus has mysteriously disappeared from his prison cell. Is Cyrus satan or saint, the most evil of men or the most wronged? As Adam Zameenzad weaves his intricate tale, readers will discover a hero who is ugly yet irresistible, brilliant yet naive, offensive yet lovable--and surely one of the most striking and powerful heroes of modern fiction.
Pepsi and Maria
Pepsi is a smart street kid in a South American country - his mother is dead and his father, a famous politician, has disowned him. At his side is the kidnapped Maria, who finds in Pepsi a true brother. In this hard-hitting, fantastical novel, Adam Zameenzad gives an insight into the lives of the dispossessed in modern society.
My Friend Matt And Hena The Whore
A continent of permanent revolution, of marauding rebels and despotic governments, yet one of love and laughter, and compassion: this is the Africa of today. 9-year-old Kimo is starved out of his home village by drought. Desperate for help, he sets out for the big city of Bader in the company of his resourceful friends, the visionary Matt, pragmatic Hena and dreaming Golam. Their journey takes them through a country paralysed by the horrors of civil war. Buoyed by laughter, weighed by tragedy and violence this is an impossibly touching, extraordinary accomplishment from an outstanding writer.
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So Very English
This collection of contemporary short fiction includes works by Fleur Adcock, Jean Binta Breeze, Adam Zameenzad, Kathy Lette, Naomi Mitchison, Kate Pullinger, Judith Grossman, Jill Neville, Ben Okri, Emma Tennant, Fay Weldon, Deborah Levy and many others.
The Sacred Night
The haunting continuation of The Sand Child, Ben Jelloun concludes Ahmed's, now Zahra's, journey. Winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt The Sacred Night continues the remarkable story Tahar Ben Jelloun began in The Sand Child. Mohammed Ahmed, a Moroccan girl raised as a boy in order to circumvent Islamic inheritance laws regarding female children, remains deeply conflicted about her identity. In a narrative that shifts in and out of reality moving between a mysterious present and a painful past, Ben Jelloun relates the events of Ahmed's adult life. Now calling herself Zahra, she renounces her role as only son and heir after her father's death and journeys through a dreamlike Moroccan landscape. A searing allegorical portrait of North African society, The Sacred Night uses Arabic fairy tales and surrealist elements to craft a stunning and disturbing vision of protest and rebellion against the strictures of hidebound traditions governing gender roles and sexuality.
The Best Revenge
"It's good to be ambitious. Only remember, the nearer you get to the front of the line, the more people with knives can see your back." That's Louie Riller giving advice to his son, Ben, who happens to be the most successful producer on Broadway. Louie Riller himself happens to be long dead. "Joan of Arc heard voices," Ben Riller's secretary tells him. "Why shouldn't you?" But Ben isn't just hearing voices; he's having a running argument with the late Louie about life, love, and Ben's newest production, The Best Revenge, a play that has already gobbled up too much of other people's money and is in danger of closing before it opens. When, on Louie's advice, Ben visits his father's master shyl...
Brown Shoe
A tense and thrilling first novel, reminiscent of Graham Greene, about an American caught in the middle of a South American revolution. Bobby is uninvolved with the poverty and the political horrors surrounding him until he meets Nina, the mistress of a corrupt military leader. When they fall in with guerrillas bent on overthrowing the government, the results are ironic and vicious.
White Teeth
An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time! 'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Guardian On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative. Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior. Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . . ***** 'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times 'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph 'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted' Salman Rushdie
