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Nasser Hashmi

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Rochdale, The United Kingdom

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Longlisted for the Bath Novel Prize 2017 for In A Rushdie Winter

Nasser Hashmi's north-west England roots influenced most of his early work such as 'Season of Sid' and 'A Fistful of Dust' but he has recently branched out to tackle more challenging, global issues such as phone hacking (Wacko Hacko) and the Salman Rushdie affair (In A Rushdie Winter).

At school, Nasser failed all his exams. This may have been because he had epilepsy from the age of 12 and had undiagnosed coeliac disease from pre-age school. Both these diseases are now under control.

But it also may have also been because he wasn’t very academic. Some writers are; some aren’t. Some are daydreamers. Some bang their head against desks because they’ve had a seizure. The only requir ...more

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GIRL WITHOUT A FACE

Laura Dance was a perfectly normal girl with ambitions and dreams of becoming a successful filmmaker. That is, until one night, outside a secluded train station, changed the course of her life forever. With one action, the gang that threw the acid burned away, not only her skin, but also her future.

Three months on, Laura still struggling to make sence of it all. Things like that shouldn’t happen,

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	Wacko Hacko 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventeen Gifts for Frannie and Jess 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov A Life in Letters and Diaries

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“Jamie popped a handful of Skittles into his bottle of Grolsch. He took a swig and savoured the tangy sweets shrinking in his mouth. He glanced up at the pictures on the pub wall: Alexander Graham Bell, Busby the bird and Sam Spade. The picture of Bogart made Jamie want to put a fag in his mouth”
― Nasser Hashmi, Wacko Hacko

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