The final volume in Tariq Ali's acclaimed cycle of historical novels, The Islam Quintet
TARIQ ALI is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics--including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome--as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.
Wonderfully exuberant and mischievous... [a] jewel box of a
novel.
*Independent*
If Pakistan is a land of untold stories, whispered conspiracy
theories and closed-door mutinies, then thank heavens for Tariq
Ali, whose access to its innermost secret chambers has made him the
country's finest historian and critic.
*New Statesman*
A humdinger of a book, full of energy, intelligence and bite.
*Daily Mail*
Bold, clever, full of multilingual jokes, and replete with
socio-historical detail.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Audacious... Islamic politics and faith, the mille-feuille of
layers that constitute belief, and the salty real world behind
closed doors, are all caught starkly by Ali's uneffusive prose. For
once 'unputdownable' is the case.
*Scotsman*
A novelist of distinction ... Ali offers a persuasive account of
the corruption of contemporary Pakistan, especially the brutal
sexual politics, and his wry, ruminative account of lifelong
friendship rings with truth.
*Daily Mail*
Offers great insight into the history and culture of the Muslim
world.
*Booklist*
Ali pays perfect attention to detail, reminding the reader of the
merits of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy. Whether describing the
bonds of friendship, the sights and sounds of Lahore or the state
of Fatherland in the throes of a military dictatorship, the
writer's grip on detail never slackens.
*Karachi Herald*
All human frailty and nobility is here-an imaginative tour de
force.
*Sunday Telegraph*
A very beautiful novel, sensuous, funny and intelligent.
*Le Monde*
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