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This is the first authentic novel of the Asian experience in Britain - written in the taut, tense style in which that experience itself is lived in the interstices of a racist society * Ambalavaner Sivandanan * The author's and the characters' acute self-awareness of the familiarity of the plot, and their insistence on stressing the nuances of Saleem's journey rather than the gravity of its end, that make for a compelling read. * Kohl Journal *

The author's and the characters' acute self-awareness of the familiarity of the plot, and their insistence on stressing the nuances of Saleem's journey rather than the gravity of its end, that make for a compelling read. * Kohl Journal *

The author's and the characters' acute self-awareness of the familiarity of the plot, and their insistence on stressing the nuances of Saleem's journey rather than the gravity of its end, that make for a compelling read. * Kohl Journal * In reflective prose, Tariq Mehmood's kaleidoscopic novel unravels the life of man driven to the brink by political and religious violence...unflinching Sing to the Western Wind covers the human costs of imperial war in Pakistan, showing how innocence can be transformed into extremity through unjust violence: 'sometimes, even doves are slaughtered for the crime of singing.' * Foreword Reviews *

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TARIQ MEHMOOD is an award-winning novelist and documentary filmmaker. His first novel, Hand on the Sun, was about a young immigrant to the UK experiencing racism in the 1970s and '80s. He is the Co-director of the multiple-award-winning documentary Injustice, which is about people who have died in British police custody. Mehmood teaches at the American University of Beirut.

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