{"product_id":"the-good-muslim-9780061478864","title":"The Good Muslim","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Delicate, heart-wrenching and poetic, this is a novel of great poise and power.\" --Tash Aw, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Good Muslim\u003c\/em\u003e is an epic story about faith, family, the rise of religious fundamentalism, and the long shadow of war from prize-winning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dying days of a brutal civil war in Bangladesh, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost a decade later, Sohail's sister, Maya, returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed. While Maya has stuck to her revolutionary ideals, Sohail has shunned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader. And when Sohail decides to send his son to a madrasa, the conflict between brother and sister comes to a devastating climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnam, Tahmima:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTahmima Anam is an anthropologist and a novelist. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eA Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. In 2013, she was named one of \u003cem\u003eGranta'\u003c\/em\u003es\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eBest Young British Novelists. She is a contributing opinion writer for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and was a judge for the 2016 International Man Booker Prize. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she was educated at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University, and now lives in Hackney, East London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491383906578,"sku":"9780061478864","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67d8fa79-7f40-47a8-b758-def8062261e0.jpg?v=1730540077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-muslim-9780061478864","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}