- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: GreenSunsetBooks (1 Aug 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 095627661X
- ISBN-13: 978-0956276612
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,214,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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How does a harmless man end up in prison?
Mr. Wahid Shah is a Londoner of Pakistani descent, an accountant, a devoted husband, a fan of classical music. He is also perpetually on guard against the onslaught of unhygienic terrors from a world full of contagion.
When one day he dons a surgical mask in order to avoid bacteria on the London Underground his quiet life is turned upside down: he is no longer seen as just another citizen but as a dangerous radical. Suddenly a victim of a paranoia incited by the media in the so-called "War on Terror" he is met with violence. Now he is cast into a dark, excruciating journey through cruelty, doubt and disbelief. As hidden traumas emerge, Wahid has to rethink his own past, present and future.
>>"You may think God has abandoned you, but He has not," the imam told him. No, abandonment would indicate a lack of interest. Certainly there was too much happening for God to be uninterested. God created the world supposedly because He loved to be known. Perhaps He also loved to be entertained: if so, Wahid was a character on a cosmic gag reel, performing pratfalls and sight gags for His pleasure. Every time he rose up, the heavens knocked him down, landing him on his ever-skinnier buttocks, weakening him with every massive blow.<<
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Christian DeFeo's story of a catastrophically misunderstood Muslim accountant is a thought-provoking tale. Wahid Shah is in many ways a vulnerable and complicated character: he is a sweet-natured, gentle man, who is phobic about illness and dirt, and who lives in constant terror of becoming ill. But he also lives in a world where many other people live in terror of 'terror'. This is a story of misunderstanding and prejudice, of fear and intolerance. Wahid is a strangely endearing character - weak in many ways, and locked into his own world of anxiety - and he seems at times almost entirely ill-equipped to survive in the real world.
As the novel progressed, I found myself feeling increasingly protective towards him, and longing for him to survive his horrible ordeal intact. This is a carefully drawn protrait both of a man, and of a society deeply scarred by 'terror'. Very topical and very well informed.
I enjoyed this book very much.
As the novel progressed, I found myself feeling increasingly protective towards him, and longing for him to survive his horrible ordeal intact. This is a carefully drawn protrait both of a man, and of a society deeply scarred by 'terror'. Very topical and very well informed.
I enjoyed this book very much.
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