The incredible Sunday Times bestseller
''Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into Muslim religious practices'' Sunday Times
''Authentic, funny and very relatable'' - Sayeeda Warsi
In 1997, Britain was leading the way to an exciting new world order. A funny, loveable and na- 13-year-old Tez Ilyas from working class Blackburn wanted to be a doctor. By the end of 2001, the UK was at war with Afghanistan and Islamophobia had shot through the roof. 18-year-old Tez wasn''t heading for a medical degree.
In this rollercoaster of a coming-of-age memoir, comedian Tez Ilyas takes us back to the working class, insular British Asian Muslim community that shaped the man he grew up to be. Full of rumbling hormones, mischief-making friends, family tragedy, racism Tez didn''t yet understand and a growing respect for his religion, his childhood is both a
