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There Has to Be a Knife
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In this blistering debut novel, author Adnan Khan investigates themes of race, class, masculinity and contemporary relationships. Omar Ali, twenty-seven-year-old line cook and petty criminal, gets a phone call from his ex-girlfriend's father at work, informing Omar that Anna has committed suicide. Unable to process or articulate his grief, and suffering from insomnia, Omar
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This book will sit with me for a while. Crushing, haunting, and very well written.
What a disturbingly brilliant book
I picked up this book randomly from local library as I was seduced by its trailer. My first impression was that the writer's style could be read with certain ease . The main character's construction started smoothly while other characters were introduced subsequently. However, past the 50th page or so, it started to become very repetitive I could easily skip big chunks of text without missing much of the intrigue.
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Not my style
awful....50 pages was more than enough
Fast paced thriller type read. Interesting themes and unique story premise... wish it ended with more gusto. Loved the Toronto setting elements.
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