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Kasim Ali

Biography

Kasim Ali

Kasim Ali works at Penguin Random House, has previously been shortlisted for Hachette’s Mo Siewcharran Prize and longlisted for the 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, and has contributed to The Good Journal. He comes from Birmingham and lives in London. GOOD INTENTIONS is Ali's first novel.

Kasim Ali

Books by Kasim Ali

by Kasim Ali - Fiction

It’s the countdown to the New Year, and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he’s seeing someone. A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden child. And it’s come at a cost. Once, Nur was a restless college student, struggling to fit in. At a party, he meets Yasmina, a beautiful and self-possessed aspiring journalist. They start a conversation --- first awkward, then absorbing. And as their relationship develops, so too does Nur’s self-destruction. He falls deeper into traps of his own making, attempting to please both Yasmina and his family until he finally must reveal the truth: Yasmina is Black, and he loves her.