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The Curry Mile
A novel about being yourself in a world of family feuds and betrayal.
Daddy's girl, Sorayah Butt has everything: the gorgeous live-in boy, the
dream apartment, the enticing job offer. Her world is thrown upside down
when her father turns up on her doorstep and discovers her with her dream
boy in a state of undress.
Her father disowns her. When the family business threatens to go belly up
without her intervention, Sorayah is caught on the horns of a dilemma:
should she come to the rescue or leave her Dad to be ruined by the business
melt-down?
The Curry Mile is about being a free spirit and trying to stay that way.
Set against the backdrop of the cut-throat restaurant trade, it depicts
life for Twenty-Somethings as its never been shown before.
A deftly written novel that yet says something important about the
experiences of migrant communities in the UK today.
From the Publisher
This is Suitcase Press's very first publication. We are proud
of it, and consider it a ground-breaking and accomplised novel, from a
writer with a promising future.
of it, and consider it a ground-breaking and accomplised novel, from a
writer with a promising future.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A refreshing and bitingly perceptive insight into family, expectations, duty and the battle to maintain tradition versus the desire to be free.
Zahid Hussain tells an entertaining tale cleverly challenging stereo types and hypocrisies through Sorayah Butt, a strong and modern female character who yearns to chart her own destiny . He explores the dynamics of family with a perceptive eye striking a chord with the reader yet injecting enough Anglo Asian humour coupled with wry cynicism to lighten the mood. The Curry Mile is a page turner from start to finish; in fact you don't want it to end as you become embroiled in the unfolding events dramas, heartache and betrayal. An excellent debut.
Zahid Hussain tells an entertaining tale cleverly challenging stereo types and hypocrisies through Sorayah Butt, a strong and modern female character who yearns to chart her own destiny . He explores the dynamics of family with a perceptive eye striking a chord with the reader yet injecting enough Anglo Asian humour coupled with wry cynicism to lighten the mood. The Curry Mile is a page turner from start to finish; in fact you don't want it to end as you become embroiled in the unfolding events dramas, heartache and betrayal. An excellent debut.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very interesting read which I enjoyed immensely. The Curry Mile is quite daring in it's exploration of cultural identity in a Western world and centres around the relationship between two main characters, a headstrong daughter and an even more stubborn father. The book is written very cleverly in a dual narrative format and I found myself riveted by the dynamic between both father and daughter.
The rivalry conflicting with deep love between the two, illustrates perfectly that there really is a fine line between 'love and hate'.
The author has chosen not to take a complicated approach but has simply woven a tale which in parts is funny, ironic and touching with a running thread throughout which is bittersweet.
He gives insight into a different cultural world yet describes emotions and experiences with which we can all relate to in some way or another. This book would appeal to a plethora of ages and a hugely diverse audience.
The rivalry conflicting with deep love between the two, illustrates perfectly that there really is a fine line between 'love and hate'.
The author has chosen not to take a complicated approach but has simply woven a tale which in parts is funny, ironic and touching with a running thread throughout which is bittersweet.
He gives insight into a different cultural world yet describes emotions and experiences with which we can all relate to in some way or another. This book would appeal to a plethora of ages and a hugely diverse audience.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Soorayah Butt returns from London to her childhood roots in Manchester , reputation tarnished yet still fiercely independent. As the strong, female, central character, she battles family pride and hypocrisies, to establish her niche in the cut throat world of `The Curry Mile'.
The catalyst of change arrives when opportunity comes knocking and Soorayah throws all her energies into a new business venture without the support of her `Old School' father.
With the odds stacked against her, but with a desire, accompanied with relentless drive and ambition, Soorayah holds onto her identity with both hands and challenges ingrained idealisms en route to success.
Zahid Hussain very cleverly combines humour with raw insight as he paints a vivid picture of intricate family dynamics and unscrupulous business dealings against a backdrop of the local community, its mindsets and insecurities.
There is a literary approach to the narrative and a surprise to learn it is the author's debut into the writing world as he writes with comfortable ease, maturity and flair for his subject. In short there is a lot more to this novel that initially meets the eye.
The catalyst of change arrives when opportunity comes knocking and Soorayah throws all her energies into a new business venture without the support of her `Old School' father.
With the odds stacked against her, but with a desire, accompanied with relentless drive and ambition, Soorayah holds onto her identity with both hands and challenges ingrained idealisms en route to success.
Zahid Hussain very cleverly combines humour with raw insight as he paints a vivid picture of intricate family dynamics and unscrupulous business dealings against a backdrop of the local community, its mindsets and insecurities.
There is a literary approach to the narrative and a surprise to learn it is the author's debut into the writing world as he writes with comfortable ease, maturity and flair for his subject. In short there is a lot more to this novel that initially meets the eye.
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Interesting look at the world of curry
This novel could be classed as chick lit, but with a difference - the cultural background is so very different - based on Manchester's 'Curry Mile' and revolving around the Asian... Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2008 by Lincs Reader
INGLASTAAN
This is apparently a debut novel, and if so it is a very assured and accomplished one. The `curry mile' is a stretch of Manchester's Wilmslow Road passing through the district of... Read more
Published on 6 July 2008 by DAVID BRYSON
Good debut, but missing that little something.
This is certainly an interesting novel by Zahid Hussain, It started very well, promised much, but didn't quite deliver. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2008 by Hardeep
A charming debut
It wasn't without an air of quiet cynicism that I sat down to read The Curry Mile by Zahid Hussain. I fully expected to be greeted with yet another Anglo Asian `wannabe', east... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by A. Ahmed
Out of Touch
I have never read a novel that is so stereotypical and anti-Asian. Furthermore to make matters worse this novel has been compiled by an author who himself is from the same ethnic... Read more
Published on 26 July 2007 by English Babu
when is the sequel out?
sorrayah is a young independant and fearless girl, she is determined to do what she likes regardless of what the society will think. Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by shahida patel
i want to be like sorrayah
I wish i was like soraya at times, actually alot of the time
i fell in love with her passion and determination, the lack of fear she had, after reading the novel i felt... Read more
i fell in love with her passion and determination, the lack of fear she had, after reading the novel i felt... Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by amina ali
amazing
it is about a young fearless girl who is out to identify herself, there is nothing that will come in between her and what she wants, not even the fear of her father. Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by yaser hussain
Iqbal
this is a story about a father and a daughter, the battle that takes place between their thoughts, what maybe we would refer to as a generation gap. Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by sana ali
A great read...
This tale exposes the cut-throat and fiercely competitive business underworld of Manchester's curry mile. Read more
Published on 20 May 2007 by Sara
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