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Zahid Hussain

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Zahid Hussain is a novelist, poet and screenwriter. He lives in Manchester with his wife and three children. His debut novel, The Curry Mile won rave reviews from the The Guardian newspaper and New Stateman .

Zahid Hussain set up the Manchester Muslim Writers in 2009.

He writers non-fiction, fiction, poetry and screenplay and teaches creative and academic writing.
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"The Curry Mile" eBook

It feels like an eternity, but finally The Curry Mile has joined the modern era and is available as a fully-fledged eBook with of course the requisite Look Inside!

It was weird revisiting an "old haunt" as I've written so much more additional material connected with the part of Manchester where the novel is set.

To chime with the launch of the eBook, I've now set up a Facebook Author Page.
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Published on August 28, 2014 06:36 Tags: ebook, manchester, the-curry-mile
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