Tariq Mehmood

• Apr-2004
• / Literary
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On bail for charges of suspected terrorism, Saleem decides he must travel back to Pakistan to visit his ailing mother. It is not a trip home, exactly, because 'home' is a hard concept for a man who was exiled as a boy into 'this bitch of a country ca...

• Oct-2016
• / General Fiction
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A suicide bombing is being planned in Manchester, UK. Behind it lie Saleem Khan's vivid memories - some full of regret and yearning, others humorous and yet others overshadowed by the surreal brutality of the war.

In the 60s, he leaves his ...

• May-2017
• / General Fiction
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Karen thinks she's not really white. Her dad is Pakistani and her mother is white Christian, and she feels as if she doesn't fit in anywhere. So she's going to convert to Islam to find her true identity. But Shamshad, her Hijab-wearing sc...

• Mar-2018
• / General Fiction
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One brother goes missing in action in Afghanistan, the other falls in love with an Afghan girl in England.

Bitter divisions engulf an English town where young Muslims oppose the British army's presence in Afghanistan, whilst white youth cond...

• May-2023
• / Fantasy
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This was Tariq Mehmood's first novel, published by Penguin Books in 1983, charting the experience of the second generation migrants to the UK. Set in the declining textile industry of the North of England, it is a raw story of pain and anger at the r...

• Oct-2024
• / Science Fiction
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In the remnants of a fractured UK, England is on the brink of collapse where far-right militias rise to power. As Islamophobia and English nationalism ignite brutal violence, 19-year-old Marah Sultana is thrust into a fight for survival. Hunted by fo...

• Jun-2025
• / General Fiction
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A suicide bombing is being planned in Manchester, and Saleem Khan, an atheist, is carrying the bagIn 1960s Bradford, having left his lover, his job as a teacher and his home in rural Pakistan, Saleem finds the north of England crackling with racism, ...