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Entries by Nauman Khalid from 05/2012

War in Peace: Tahmima Anam's 'The Good Muslim'

| Posted 05.08.2012 | Huffington Post
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Contemporary literature has witnessed many a vaunted wunderkind succumb to the dreaded second-novel syndrome. British-Bangladeshi Monica Ali's Brick Lane caused quite a flutter in literary London but was followed by a damp squib.

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Rajesh Parameswaran's 'I am an Executioner' - Love is the Devil

| Posted 05.24.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Short Stories, Short Fiction, Reviews, South Asian American Literature, I Am an Executioner, Indian Immigrants, India., Rajesh Parameswaran, UK Books, Huffington Post News

This smorgasbord of stories explores love's dark underbelly. The author kickstarts the collection with a riotous story about a tiger in a zoo which falls in love with its keeper. In a frenzy of passion, it commits an act that sets off a series of events in which, after escaping from captivity, it kills a baby and a woman in the most guileless, unintentional manner.

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