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How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position

A Novel

By: Tabish Khair

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How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position

A Novel

By: Tabish Khair

A HILARIOUS, SATIRICAL NOVEL FROM AWARD-WINNING INDIAN WRITER. Funny and sad, satirical and humane, this novel tells the interlinked stories of three unforgettable men whose trajectories cross in Denmark: the flamboyant Ravi, the fundamentalist Karim, and the unnamed and pragmatic Pakistani narrator. As the unnamed narrator copes with his divorce, and Ravi—despite his exterior of skeptical flamboyance—falls deeply in love with a beautiful woman who is incapable of responding in kind, Karim, their landlord, goes on with his job as a taxi driver and his regular Friday Qur’an sessions. But is he going on with something else? Who is Karim? And why does he disappear suddenly at times or receive mysterious phone calls? When a “terrorist attack” takes place in town, all three men find themselves embroiled in doubt, suspicion, and, perhaps, danger. An acerbic commentary on the times, How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position is also a bitter-sweet, spell-binding novel about love and life today.

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Interlink Publishing

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1623710464

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9781623710460

The Thing about Thugs

By: Tabish Khair

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The Thing about Thugs

By: Tabish Khair

A subversive, darkly comic novel of a young Indian man's misadventures in Victorian London as the city is gripped by a series of gruesome murders. Shortlisted for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly update of the Gothic novel marks the new arrival of a compelling Indian voice in North America.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547731604

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9780547731605

Filming

By: Tabish Khair

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Filming

By: Tabish Khair

Set primarily in India and spanning the twentieth century, Filming tells a series of stories, including that of one-time prostitute Durga, who is persuaded to give away her young son, Ashok, and that of Saleem, the son of a prostitute and two-times star of the silver screen. As these stories intertwine and overlap, they combine to create a novel that is simultaneously about the small details and the bigger picture, weaving together major historical events – including Partition, the assassination of Gandhi, the rise of photography and the Bombay film industry, and the development of barbed wire – with the everyday moments that make up the fabric of our lives. ‘Its plot, like a Bollywood melodrama, teems with characters and incident’ Guardian ‘Elegantly structured and taut with understated passion, Filming is a brilliant recreation of the lost world of early cinema and the continuing tragedy of religious hatred . . . Its delights as well as its message should find admiring readers everywhere’ Independent ‘Absorbing . . . Filming is distinguished by its ambition, its structural inventiveness and its highly evocative prose’ TLS ‘Underpinning this intriguing novel is a concern for the truth . . . In keeping with Khair’s pertinent and thought-provoking musings on self-deception, its skill lies in making us question our assumptions about what we do and why we do it’ New Statesman

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420

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Pan Macmillan

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0330539833

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9780330539838

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1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing

By: Tabish Khair

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1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing

By: Tabish Khair

The collection includes pilgrimage accounts, which describe a 'national' circuit (as in Lady Nijo's, c. 1280, or Sei Shonagon's, c. 990, accounts) or move across vast regions to places of learning and pilgrimage or to a particular centre of religio-cultural significance (the early Chinese travellers to India in the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries, the Hajj pilgrimage of Ibn Jubayr in the 12th century, Blyden's Africanist-Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the 19th century). These pilgrimage accounts can also taper into other genres: for instance, while ibn Battutah (b. 1304) set out to go to Mecca (which he did), he ended up travelling across 50 countries and dictating what is undoubtedly a travel book in a narrow generic sense rather than the account of a pilgrimage. Other extracts range from the influential medieval travel-geography of al-Idrisi in the 11th century; the global history,

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444

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Signal Books

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1904955118

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9781904955115

CHALLENGES IN MY LIFE

By: TABISH ALI ,MUSKAN JAN

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CHALLENGES IN MY LIFE

By: TABISH ALI ,MUSKAN JAN

Challenges in my life that’s word means that life is itself full of challenges but you have to face them all. You should have all time this belief that challenges are almighty’s way of strengthening us mentally, emotionally, and off course physically… Challenges in your life are not supposed to paralyse you or make you feel that you are useless. They are supposed to help you discover how much capable you are to fight with any obstacle and you have to face them bravely without losing hope. You should always think in positive manner and have full faith on yourself that you can face all problems of life bravely and calmly… From this book, you can get all the feelings and connect to the lots of emotions. This book contains prose and poems works for that are in closely related to the heart of every individual. We hope that Readers will like these Challenges in My Life anthology book.

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136

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Wordsmith Publishers

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9356169179

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9789356169173

The Thing About Thugs

By: Tabish Khair

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The Thing About Thugs

By: Tabish Khair

A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man’s misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London’s underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the “thug.” With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders. Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels a ghostly people call home, The Thing about Thugs is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly Victorian role reversal marks the arrival of a compelling new Indian novelist to North America.

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HarperCollins

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054773168X

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9780547731681

Jihadi Jane

By: Tabish Khair

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Jihadi Jane

By: Tabish Khair

High-school best friends Ameena and Jamilla couldn’t be more different: while one smokes cigarettes in their school playground, the other is a member of her mosque’s discussion group in suburban Yorkshire. When heartbreak and doubt leave Ameena bereft and alone, she turns to Jamilla’s beloved Allah for solace and purpose. It is then that both girls find themselves entranced by a powerful Internet preacher—Hejjiye, a woman running an orphanage home in support of the men fighting in the name of jihad. Leaving their families and country behind, they run to join the Islamic State in Syria to serve a cause they unquestioningly believe in. However, things begin to change for the worse once Ameena marries Hassan, a jihadi leader, and suddenly Jamilla begins to see the world that she left everything for differently. Getting out is almost impossible, but there is one way. Will the girls choose a path which might change their lives beyond recognition? Heart-wrenching, masterful and stunningly powerful, Jihadi Jane paints a vivid picture of militant-brides operating around the world and the terrifying cost of religious fanaticism.

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Penguin UK

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9386057190

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9789386057198

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How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position

How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position

The Thing about Thugs

The Thing about Thugs

Filming

Filming

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Other Routes

CHALLENGES IN MY LIFE

CHALLENGES IN MY LIFE

The Thing About Thugs

The Thing About Thugs

Jihadi Jane

Jihadi Jane

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