The Good Muslim
Tahmima Anam
HarperCollins Publishers
<p>From prizewinning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam comes her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh, seen through the intimate lens of a family.</p><p>Pankaj Mishra praised <em>A Golden Age</em>, Tahmima Anam's debut novel, as a "startlingly accomplished and gripping novel that describes not only the tumult of a great historical event...but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of revolution and war." In her new novel, <em>The Good Muslim</em>, Anam again deftly weaves the personal and the political, evoking with great skill and urgency the lasting ravages of war and the competing loyalties of love and belief.</p><p>In the dying days of a brutal civil war, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come. Almost 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.</p><p>Set in Bangladesh at a time when religious fundamentalism is on the rise, <em>The Good Muslim</em> is an epic story about faith, family, and the long shadow of war. </p>