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Laleh khadivis new novel traces the path of a young muslim man in california, the son of strict iranian immigrant parents, from his first bong hit at age 14 to his eventual radicalization. The book is part of khadivis kurdish trilogy, following 2009s the age of orphans and 2012s the walking. Her debut novel, the age of orphans, received the whiting award for fiction, the barnes and nobles discover new writers award and an emory fiction fellowship. I am an immigrant to canada, but i immigrated at a very young age i grew up here.
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