After fleeing Iraq, the Kurdish Abu family have settled in the United States. Salim, the eldest brother, has been deeply damaged by the torture he suffered at the hands of the Iraqi police, and his psychotic rages are becoming increasingly violent. At only 16, the youngest son, Bilal, holds the family secrets close, revealing nothing. But his conflict is deepened by his own sexual awakening, and he begins to direct his rage and frustration on his own body through cutting. A powerful story of a clash of cultures and the power of the individual voice.
Sulayman X is a novelist living in Bangkok, Thailand, where he is an editor and writer for The Bangkok Post.

Bilal's Bread

Literature & Fiction

X, Sulayman

Literary

Alyson Pubns

From the acclaimed author of Bilal's Bread comes this unflinching portrait of an American-Thai young man struggling with his sexual identity.   Isa is the product of a GI from Kansas City and a prostitute mother, and Thai society can be cruel to those not of pure breeding-they are called "bird-shit" foreigners. Tossed out by his family, the struggling gay teen learns to live on the street with a local gang before ultimately finding refuge with a local clergyman and his family. Beautifully written, evocative of setting, here is fiction that truly touches the heart.

Adventures of a Bird-shit Foreigner

United States

King of Storms (Five Kingdoms)

Teen & Young Adult

Harmony Ink Press LLC

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