小說外文書房的部落格

　　故事從一張〈黑色唱片〉的搖滾樂專輯開始，一名移民英國的巴基斯坦裔青年，夏伊，在倫敦求學時遇上同文同種的幾名虔誠回教信仰的室友、並愛上了嗑藥成性的大學老師。小說的背景是從殘破的倫敦街巷中幾近敗壞、徒具進步假象的氛圍中展開。夏伊在初戀的狂喜、信仰的尋求中如何發現自己已身陷複雜的情慾迷幻與族群、跨文化的衝突世界中……

　　(本書中文版由新雨出版)

　　Shahid, a clean-cut young man from the provinces, comes to London after the death of his father. In the capital he falls in love with Deedee Osgood, a college lecturer, and finds himself passionately embroiled in a spiritual battle between liberalism and fundamentalism. The Black Album is set in the London of 1989, the year after the second summer of love and the year of the infamous fatwah was imposed on Salman Rushdie. It is a thriller for the rave generation by one of the most praised and influential writers of the times.