"He wanted the new car, the home with a driveway, crystal chandeliers, sparkling water, better shower heads, and softer shoes. He wanted to be a member of a private club. He wanted to get a bidet installed in the master bathroom."
All in Humor
"He wanted the new car, the home with a driveway, crystal chandeliers, sparkling water, better shower heads, and softer shoes. He wanted to be a member of a private club. He wanted to get a bidet installed in the master bathroom."
"no one learns how to be mean at twenty-five. No one actually becomes a hardline racist in their thirties"
"This is like volunteering my literary services to help people have a better understanding of the Muslim world; a bit of light relief in the fact of chronic darkness."
I wanted to write something that was very much a rebellion against our idea of the traditional immigrant novel. And I wanted to write characters that were wholly unapologetic about themselves and their desires.