The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West - Hardcover

Ahmad, Imran

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ISBN 10: 1455508497 ISBN 13: 9781455508495

Verlag: CTR STREET, 2012

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"Yes, you can laugh while having your consciousness raised. This memoir proves it. "
--O, The Oprah Magazine

"If you read nothing else this year, discover this book."
--New York Journal of Books

'Hurrah for a memoir that isn't miserable! Hurray for Imran Ahmad's terrific sense of humor ... an entertaining, moving and thoroughly thought-provoking tale of our times.' --The Daily Mail

"I could not put the book down. I laughed at Imran's memories of his childhood. I marveled at his ability to look at his stumbles with such fearless honesty and I shared his gentle, wry irritation at the unfairness of the world.
The greatness of this book is easy to understand. Read it and you will come to know Imran Ahmad as though you have spent a lifetime growing up with him. You will warm to his wonderfully self-deprecating humor and, almost incidentally, you will learn a lot about yourself and a vast amount about the complex multicultural confusion of growing up as an immigrant Pakistani Muslim in England. This is a wise and witty book about the new cultural reality of globalization."--Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald

'A compelling quest for belonging ...' --Guardian

"...irresistible-- a charming, laugh-out-loud-funny memoir of a Pakistani Muslim boy growing up in the western world. Full of suprises, hard to put down."--John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"... very clearly and vividly written, it's funny and perceptive about schools and neighbors and friends and girls and especially about the narrator himself, with his continuing puzzlement about religion, his smartly pressed clothes, and his apparently naïve fixation with cars."--Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass series

"... humour makes a powerful tool when socially relevant ... successful in striking that balance, by presenting a thought-provoking debate even as it makes you laugh out loud."--The Hindu

"...beautifully written, funny and endearing, and in its own quiet way, important."--Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole books

Reseña del editor:

Both deliciously funny and deeply insightful, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN is a beguiling multi-layered memoir that has touched the hearts of readers all over the world. At the age of one, Imran Ahmad moved from Pakistan to London, growing up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West. Join Imran in his lifelong struggle against corruption and injustice, and as he grapples with some of Life's most profound questions. What does God do exactly? Do you automatically go to Hell for following the wrong religion? How do you persuade a beautiful woman to become your girlfriend (and would driving a Jaguar XJS help?) Can you maintain a James Bond persona without the vodka, cigarettes and women - even whilst your parents are trying to arrange your marriage? Imran's unimagined journey makes thoughtful, compelling, and downright delightful reading. With a unique style and unflinching honesty, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN addresses serious issues in an extraordinarily light way, and will leave readers both thinking deeply and laughing out loud.

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• Verlag: CTR STREET
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1455508497
• ISBN 13: 9781455508495
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336