Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, The Bad Muslim Discount
is an inclusive, comic novel about Muslims immigrants finding their way
in modern America. For fans of Hanif Kureshi, Mira Jacob, and Mohammed
Hanif.
It is 1995, and Anvar Faris is a restless,
rebellious, and sharp-tongued boy doing his best to grow up in Karachi,
Pakistan. As fundamentalism takes root within the social order and the
zealots next door attempt to make Islam great again, his family decides,
not quite unanimously, to start life over in California. Ironically,
Anvar's deeply devout mother and his model-Muslim brother adjust easily
to life in America, while his fun-loving father can't find anyone he
relates to. For his part, Anvar fully commits to being a bad Muslim.
At
the same time, thousands of miles away, Safwa, a young girl living in
war-torn Baghdad with her grief-stricken, conservative father will find a
very different and far more dangerous path to America. When Anvar and
Safwa's worlds collide as two remarkable, strong-willed adults, their
contradictory, intertwined fates will rock their community, and
families, to their core.
The Bad Muslim Discount
is an irreverent, poignant, and often hysterically funny debut novel by
an amazing new voice. With deep insight, warmth, and an irreverent sense
of humor, Syed M. Masood examines universal questions of identity,
faith (or lack thereof), and belonging through the lens of Muslim
Americans.
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