Good Muslim

<p><strong>Delicate heart-wrenching and poetic this is a novel of great poise and power. --Tash Aw author of <em>The Harmony Silk Factory</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>The Good Muslim</em> is an epic story about faith family the rise of religious fundamentalism and the long shadow of war from prize-winning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam.</strong></p><p>In the dying days of a brutal civil war in Bangladesh Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come.</p><p>Almost a decade later Sohail's sister Maya returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed. While Maya has stuck to her revolutionary ideals Sohail has shunned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader. And when Sohail decides to send his son to a madrasa the conflict between brother and sister comes to a devastating climax.</p>