Omar Sakr

I was introduced to Sakr at Adelaide Writer's Week earlier this year.

This novel is about growing up in Australia belonging to two minority groups. Jamal Smith grows up in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool as a gay Muslim. The title doesn't refer to his sexuality, rather that his parents had consexual sex and 9 months later, well, you know the story. However Jamal's father wants nothing to do with either of them.

The story is well crafted and well told and shows what so many young people worldwide are going through.… (mere)