First UK edition, first printing with a "1" on the copyright page. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only trivial shelf wear, else as new and unread. A pristine copy of this critically acclaimed debut novel. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library. Housed in archival protection.

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For readers of Khaled Hosseini, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Mohsin Hamid, a remarkable, award-winning book about the tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In this extraordinary tale, Tor Baz, the young boy descended from both chiefs and outlaws who becomes the Wandering Falcon, moves between the tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan and their uncertain worlds full of brutality, humanity, deep love, honor, poverty, and grace. The wild area he travels -- the Federally Administered Tribal Area -- has become a political quagmire known for terrorism and inaccessibility. Yet in these pages, eighty-year-old debut author Jamil Ahmad lyrically and insightfully reveals the people who populate those lands, their tribes and traditions, and their older, timeless ways in the face of sometimes ruthless modernity. This story is an essential glimpse into a hidden world, one that has enormous geopolitical significance today and still remains largely a mystery to us. Jamil Ahmad is a storyteller in the classic sense -- there is an authenticity and wisdom to his writing that harkens back to another time. The Wandering Falcon reminds us why we read and how vital fiction is in opening new worlds to our imagination and understanding.

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Bookseller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1792
Title: The Wandering Falcon
Author: Jamil Ahmad
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0241145155
ISBN 13: 9780241145159
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 2011
Keywords: First Edition, Signed
Bookseller catalogs: Modern First Editions;

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