A complex, vibrant novel about a man in extremis, and the forces that drive him to the ultimate act of desperation
TARIQ MEHMOOD is an award-winning novelist and documentary filmmaker. His first novel, Hand on the Sun, was about a young immigrant to the UK experiencing racism in the 1970s and ’80s. He is the Co-director of the multiple-award-winning documentary Injustice, which is about people who have died in British police custody. Mehmood teaches at the American University of Beirut.