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Love in the Asylum by Lisa Carey5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Even if they have killed your own mother and father. How you should look after people who take refuge with you, even if they are your worst enemies. Not the Afghan way, not the Islamic way.’ ‘The boy is at our mercy now,’ Mum is saying. ![]() Mum is the boss of this household, and when the teenage gunman bursts into their breakfast routine, it is she who decides that it is against their religion to deliver him into the hands of the armed police outside. I swear, if Aisha weren’t a girl, she would have been calling her constantly too. ‘Khalid, eat this!’ ‘Khalid, drink this!’ ‘Khalid, bring your plate here! Don’t think I am going to walk all over the house looking for your plate!’ And it’s always Khalid, never Aisha. The story is narrated by a bemused teenager called Khalid Khan whose commentary is droll in the way that only an adolescent view of the world can be. I loved this book! Asylum is an hilarious inversion of anything you might be expecting from the cover.Ĭhanna Wickremesekera is a Melbourne author who came here from Sri Lanka, but his novel follows the adventures of a suburban family of Afghan origin when they are confronted by a freckled teenage gunman in their home. ![]()
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