An affecting, evocative and often funny story of the ultimate immigrant, a man who fits in everywhere and nowhere, who cannot help but cause harm to those around him, but ultimately, inspires love. Meet Maqil - also known as Mike, Mehmet, Mikhail and Miguel - a chancer and charlatan. A criminally clever man who tells a good tale, trading on his charm and good looks, reinventing himself with a new identity and nationality in each successive country he makes his home, abandoning wives and children and careers in the process. He's a compulsive gambler - driven to lose at least as much as he gains, in games of chance, and in life. A damaged man in search of himself. From the day he was delivered in Lahore, Pakistan, alongside his stillborn twin, he proved he was a born survivor. His chequered history is catching up with him: his tracks have been uncovered and his latest wife, his children, his creditors and former business associates, all want to pin him down.
'One thing will always stand out when it matters: the author's voice. And Farooki has one to be proud of' -- Independent on Sunday 'Farooki manages the emotional minefield with humour and compassion' -- The Times 'One of the brightest young British authors to have emerged in recent years' -- Bella 'Ms Farooki creates the strong suspicion that she could tell a story about any type of people' -- New York Times
Title: The Flying man
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Roopa Farooki
ISBN 13: 9780755383399
ISBN 10: 0755383397
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Headline Review
Publication Date: 31/01/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Thickness: 28mm
Weight: 480g