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ed husain: The Islamist
WHY I JOINED RADICAL ISLAM IN BRITAIN
WHAT I SAW INSIDE
AND WHY I LEFT
Read more about Ed Husain and The Islamist >> Read a review of The Islamist by Simon Jenkins in the Sunday Times >>
Read an extract from The Islamist as serialised in the Sunday Times >>
Read a review by Martin Amis in The Times >>
Harry Miskin's think piece about The Islamist >>
In July 2006, I was on my way to Lebanon when the first bombs fell on Beirut. Exactly a year previously, I had gawped at the roofless bus in Tavistock Square and been astonished at the sight of limbless torsos strewn across the familiar street. A few weeks later, Ed Husain’s manuscript arrived in the post at Caroline Davidson’s, where I was then her assistant.
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THE INVENTION OF ZERO
The sealed letter
Iris Tupholme of HarperCollins Canada has bought Canadian volume rights in Emma Donoghue's forthcoming historical novel, THE SEALED LETTER, for publication in 2008.
Guidelines for Submissions
CDLA is pleased to receive submissions of certain types of fiction and non-fiction manuscripts for representation. There are areas in which we have no interest, for example fantasy writing, so we recommend you read our guidelines before wasting time and resources sending us work which would be better sent elsewhere.Read our fiction submission guidelines here>>
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PRAISE FOR THE ISLAMIST:
"Having been an eyewitness to this scene myself, I can vouch that he accurately describes an historical period of intense competition and one-upmanship for the attention of young minds."
Yahya Birt, for publication in a review for The New Statesman, blog 06/05/07 >
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"Ed Husain has written a persuasive and stimulating book."
Martin Amis, The Times 05/05/07 >
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“All who glibly generalise about the no-man’s-land between terrorism and multi-culturalism should read this articulate and impassioned book.”
-Simon Jenkins, The Sunday Times 29/04/07 >
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“Ed Hussain should be applauded for his courage in writing this.”
-Melanie Phillips, Daily Mail columnist and author of Londonistan, blog 24/04/07 >
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"Anyone interested in how extremist Islam has established its grip on this country should read this insider account from a former radical, who spent several of his teenage years working for the Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir."
Claire Allfree, Metro London, 09/05/2007
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