The Good Muslim

Maya Haque-outspoken passionate headstrong-has been estranged from her brother Sohail for almost a decade. When she returns home to Dhaka hoping for reconciliation she discovers he has transformed beyond recognition. Can the two both scarred by war come together again? And what of Sohail's young son Zaid caught between worlds but desperate to belong?The Good Muslim is an extraordinary novel about faith family and the long shadow of war. About the Author Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal Trilogy which chronicles three generations of a Bangladeshi family from the war of independence to the present day. Born in Dhaka Bangladesh in 1975 Anam was raised in Paris New York City and Bangkok. She studied at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University where she received a Ph.D. in social anthropology in 2005. Her first novel A Golden Age was shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and a Costa Book Award for best first novel and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. It was followed by The Good Muslim. Anam was named one of Granta magazine's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013. Her writing has been published in New Statesman Guardian and Independent and she has been a contributing writer for the International New York Times since 2013. She is currently on the jury of the Man Booker International Prize. She lives in London.