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(Un)arranged Marriage

(Un)arranged Marriage

by Bali Rai (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.40
Synopsis

MANNY WANTS TO BE A FOOTBALLER. OR A POP STAR. OR WRITE A BESTSELLER. HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED... 'Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me - waiting to take me to Derby, to a wedding. My wedding. A wedding that I hadn't asked for, that I didn't want. To a girl who I didn't know... If they had bothered to open their eyes, they would have seen me: seventeen, angry, upset but determined - determined to do my own thing, to choose my own path in life...' Set partly in the UK and partly in the Punjab region of India, this is a fresh, bitingly perceptive and totally up-to-the-minute look at one young man's fight to free himself from family expectations and to be himself, free to dance to his own tune.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 03 May 2001
ISBN 10: 0552547344
ISBN 13: 9780552547345
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: A very contemporary and humorous novel about the kind of cross-cultural conflicts felt by many young people today.

Media Reviews
Any teenager under pressure from his or her parents to conform will enjoy this novel * Guardian *
Rai has an unselfconscious style and a dry sense of the ridiculous . . . An appealing subversive edge * TES *
Absorbing and engaging . . . A highly readable debut from Bali Rai that teenagers of any culture will identify with * Observer *
Energetically and pacily written . . . There is a vitality and freshness about Rai's writing that engages the reader . . . An intriguing debut that promises well for the future * Books for Keeps *
Brilliant -- Amanda Craig * The Times *
Author Bio
Bali Rai is a new author to Corgi. Having grown up in the heart of Leicester's Sikh community, he went to London to study politics. He has since returned to his home town and currently manages a city centre bar. (UN)ARRANGED MARRIAGE is his debut novel. Author lives: Leicester