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Irfan Master

Beautiful Lie

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1940s
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Beautifully-written
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Coming-of-age
COP=United Kingdom
Critically acclaimed author
debut
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Dying parent
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Father and son
Fathers
Forties
Fourties
Good morals
Historical
India
India and Pakistan
India's independence
India’s independence
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page turner
Parent and child
Partition of India
Political
Politics
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Racism
Relationships
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South Asian history
Thought provoking
YA novel

Product details

  • ISBN 9781408805756
  • Weight: 240g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Jan 2011
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 12+
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Description

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family.

The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition - news that he knows will break his father's heart. With great spirit and determination, and with the help of his good friends, Bilal persuades others to collude with him in this deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hide the ravages of unrest from his father. All that Bilal wants is for his father to die in peace. But that means Bilal has a very complicated relationship with the truth...
About Irfan Master
This is Irfan Master's first novel. It was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award 2012. Irfan is project manager of Reading the Game at the National Literacy Trust. His family is from Gujarat, where the novel is set. Irfan lives in London, SE5.