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In this stirring and explosive debut novel, Akhtar tells the gripping story of an American Muslin family struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world.

This is an intimate, personal first novel that looks at the interplay of religion and modern life Akhtar was raised in the Midwest, and through his characters, he shows readers vividly the powerful forces at work on young men and women growing up Muslim in America.

Hayat Shah è un ragazzino musulmano nato e cresciuto nella provincia americana. La sua vita procede spedita tra la scuola, il baseball e le corse in bicicletta. Delle origini pakistane resta solo qualche debole traccia nei battibecchi tra i genitori. Finché un giorno arriva Mina, un'amica della madre venuta a vivere negli Stati Uniti dopo un doloroso divorzio nel suo paese, e da quel momento tutto cambia. Dolce e bellissima, Mina porta con sé ...

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A fast-paced economic thriller that probes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980sThe Deal. The Board Room. The Takeover. This is the battleground where titanic egos collide, where modern day kings are made and unmade. It's a world where debt is an asset and assets are excuses for more debt, a world where finance runs the show. An upstart genius hell-bent on rocketing to the top, Robert Merkin has establ...

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