02049cam a2200361 i 4500 507462948 TxGeo 20210726120000.0 191220s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019058987 9780385545259 hbk. 0385545258 hbk. (OCoLC)1134457917 TxGeo rda Masood, Syed M. The bad Muslim discount : a novel / Syed M. Masood. First edition. New York, NY : Doubleday, 2021. 357 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "It is 1995, and Anvar Faris is a restless, rebellious, and sharp-tongued boy doing his best to grow up in Karachi, Pakistan. As fundamentalism takes root within the social order and the zealots next door attempt to make Islam great again, his family decides, not quite unanimously, to start life over in California. Ironically, Anvar's deeply devout mother and his model-Muslim brother adjust easily to life in America, while his fun-loving father can't find anyone he relates to. For his part, Anvar fully commits to being a bad Muslim. At the same time, thousands of miles away, Safwa, a young girl living in war-torn Baghdad with her grief-stricken, conservative father will find a very different and far more dangerous path to America. When Anvar and Safwa's worlds collide as two remarkable, strong-willed adults, their contradictory, intertwined fates will rock their community, and families, to their core."--Provided by publisher. 20210802. Pakistani Americans Fiction. Iraqi Americans Fiction. Muslim families United States Fiction. Immigrants United States Fiction. Immigrant families United States Fiction. Domestic fiction. Humorous fiction. QS5