Sex Longing & Not Belonging : A Gay Muslim's Quest for Love & Meaning

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Summary: what a find!
Review: A friend suggested I read this book, and I must say it is one of the most interesting books I have read in a long while. My only complaint is, it should be longer, his style of writing is engaging and a pleasure to read, and the subject matter is handled from a wide range of perspectives. This is the first book written BY a gay Pakistani that I have read, and I hope Badrudding writes some more. The book is satisfying, entertaining, provocative, and just plain fun to read.

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Summary: Refreshing, natural, and well written
Review: A real page turner. I recommend this book as a good summer read on the beach (though you run the risk of an erection)or a serious study of how life really is like for a gay man in a Muslim country. I found the normalcy and erotic semsitivity of the sex scenes to be charming and real. My big complaint was that I finished it too quickly. As I finished, I wanted to learn more about the charming Dick, and how the transmutation of life was proceeding. In other words, I wanted more! A sequel! More sex, more pompous analysis. More!

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Summary: Refreshing, natural, and well written
Review: But I guess that is what gay men want to read. As a Muslim, I was really hoping for more insight on Islam and homosexuality. Instead it's just the tales (many of which, the author notes in the introduction, are fake) of an oversexed man and his sex life. Probably most American gay men who have ethnic fetishes will find the book titilating, he does go into great detail of his sex life (ex. seducing the servents in his home, sex on vacation, when he moves to San Francisco). I on the other hand wish there was more to it than that.

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Summary: Too much sex and not enough substance
Review: But I guess that is what gay men want to read. As a Muslim, I was really hoping for more insight on Islam and homosexuality. Instead it's just the tales (many of which, the author notes in the introduction, are fake) of an oversexed man and his sex life. Probably most American gay men who have ethnic fetishes will find the book titilating, he does go into great detail of his sex life (ex. seducing the servents in his home, sex on vacation, when he moves to San Francisco). I on the other hand wish there was more to it than that.