How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position

A HILARIOUS, SATIRICAL NOVEL FROM AWARD-WINNING INDIAN WRITER. Funny and sad, satirical and humane, this novel tells the interlinked stories of three unforgettable men whose trajectories cross in Denmark: the flamboyant Ravi, the fundamentalist Karim, and the unnamed and pragmatic Pakistani narrator. As the unnamed narrator copes with his divorce, and Ravi--despite his exterior of skeptical flamboyance--falls deeply in love with a beautiful woman who is incapable of responding in kind, Karim, their landlord, goes on with his job as a taxi driver and his regular Friday Qur'an sessions. But is he going on with something else? Who is Karim? And why does he disappear suddenly at times or receive mysterious phone calls? When a "terrorist attack" takes place in town, all three men find themselves embroiled in doubt, suspicion, and, perhaps, danger. An acerbic commentary on the times, How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position is also a bitter-sweet, spell-binding novel about love and life today.

Author: Tabish Khair
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781566569705


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2013

About the Author
Khair, Tabish: - Born in 1966 and educated mostly in Bihar, India, Tabish Khair is the author of several critically acclaimed novels and poetry collections. Winner of the All India Poetry Prize as well as fellowships at Delhi, Cambridge, and Hong Kong, his novels--The Bus Stopped (2004), Filming: A Love Story (2007), and The Thing About Thugs (2010)--have been translated into several languages and shortlisted for major literary prizes including the Encore Award (UK), the Crossword Prize, the Hindu Best Fiction Prize, the DSC Prize for South Asia (India), and the Man Asian Literary Prize (Hong Kong). He lives in Arhus, Denmark.

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