{"product_id":"secret-diary-of-a-british-muslim-aged-13","title":"Secret Diary Of A British Muslim Aged 13","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into Muslim religious practices'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hilarious and pubescent debut book from your favourite British Muslim comedian (that''s Tez Ilyas, by the way) is coming to a shop near you. You may know and love Tez from his stand-up comedy, his role as Eight in \u003ci\u003eMan Like Mobeen\u003c\/i\u003e, his Radio 4 series TEZ Talks, or panel shows such as \u003ci\u003eMock the Week \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last Leg.\u003c\/i\u003e Where you won''t know him from is 1997 when he was 13 ¾. (But now you will - because that''s what the book is about.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this suitably dramatic rollercoaster of a teenage memoir, Tez takes us back to where it all began: a working class, insular British Asian Muslim community in his hometown of post-Thatcher Blackburn. Meet Ammi (Mum), Baji Rosey (the older sister), Shibz (the fashionable cousin), Was (the cool cousin), Shiry (the cleverest cousin) and a community with the most creative nicknames this side of Top Gun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning away from shotgun-wielding farmers, successfully dodging arranged marriages, getting mugged, having front row seats to race riots and achieving formative sexual experiences doing stomach crunches in a gym, you could say life was fairly run of the mill. But with a GCSE pass rate of 30% at his school, his own fair share of family tragedy around the corner and 9\/11 on the horizon, Tez''s experiences of growing up as a British Muslim wasn''t the fun, Jihad-pursuing affair the media wants you to believe. Well ... not always.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt times shalwar-wettingly hilarious and at others searingly sad, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾\u003c\/i\u003e shows 90s Britain at its best, and its worst.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315339731326,"sku":"NW9780751582185","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780751582185.jpg?v=1778715709","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/secret-diary-of-a-british-muslim-aged-13","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}