"It's not only Rind's brand new novel, it's his debut, and Four Dervishes is as rich and rewarding a tale as you will read all year. Truly. It's magnificent."
Four Dervishes draws on a long tradition of storytelling as it skewers issues like religious bigotry, injustice, the denial of women’s rights, and class division. Lavishly inventive, verbally rich, an exotic confection, this novel is both darkly thematic and humorously playful.
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"e;...arrives like the brightest comet, a dazzling work of art full of invention, playfulness and Chaucerian tale-telling, by fakirs in a far-off cemetery. Their ornate stories are full of Mughals and caliphs, old kings and city black-outs. This heady, compelling fusion of cultures - East meeting West - complete with social satire is a remarkable debut. Easily the most remarkable work of fiction to come out of Wales in a thousand moons."e; - Jon Gower "e;Four Dervishes is a fascinating adaptation of a medieval classic spun into a satirical and magical realist novel about our times."e; - Tabish KhairOne monsoon night, a power cut forces a man full of disappointments on to the streets of the town. Sheltering in a cemetery he comes across four others - a grave digger, an aristocrat, an honourable criminal and a messiah - each with a past, and with a story to tell. Crimes have been committed, dark family secrets revealed, fortunes rise and fall, the varieties of love are explored, and new selves are discovered in a rich round of storytelling. And as the Disappointed Man discovers, a new story is about to begin...Four Dervishes draws on a long tradition of storytelling as it skewers issues like religious bigotry, injustice, the denial of women's rights, and class division. Lavishly inventive, verbally rich, an exotic confection, this novel is both darkly thematic and humorously playful.
Four Dervishes features in the following genres: General Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, Star Books, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Fiction, Recommendations
Four Dervishes is available in Ebook, Paperback
Four Dervishes was written by Hammad Rind and published by Seren
£8.98
