This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This Way Out
I absolutely loved this book - the story of a British man of Bangladeshi heritage coming out to his family as gay was an enticing premise and the writing was so good. Although it's fiction, I'm sure there are young men out there in the position of the main character, Amar, who wants to be true to who he is but finds it hard to reconcile that with the traditional values of his family and his Muslim faith. It's also about the clash of cultures between Amar and his white very English boyfriend Joshua who he is intent on marrying. I won't say how it concludes but throughout this book I laughed, I cried, I got annoyed, I smiled with pleasure. The characters are instantly relatable, the clash of cultures very realistic, and overall I'd read it again and again. Can't wait for his next one. This was the kind of novel that breaks moulds and sets new standards. Superb.



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