My Son the Fanatic
eBook - ePub

My Son the Fanatic

Faber Stories

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

My Son the Fanatic

Faber Stories

About this book

I'm going to tell him to pick up his prayer mat and get out of my house.

When Parvez's son Ali starts clearing out his bedroom, Parvez assumes he's taking drugs and selling his possessions to pay for them. His fellow taxi drivers are triumphant: they knew something was wrong. Bettina, the prostitute Parvez regularly drives home, tells him what signs to look out for.

But nothing is physically different about Ali except that he is growing a beard - and praying five times a day. He condemns his father for drinking alcohol and eating bacon, and assures him that the Law of Islam will rule the world.

First published in March 1994, Hanif Kureishi's comedy of assimilation is both uproariously funny and so prescient it's barely funny at all.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780571356485
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. My Son the Fanatic
  6. About Faber Stories
  7. About the Author
  8. Copyright