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Join Bruce Omar Yates in conversation with Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre to discuss ‘The Muslim Cowboy’ – his first novel.
‘The Muslim Cowboy‘ is set in the aftermath of the Iraq war, an odd Iraqi man entranced by Americana and old Western movies dressed in double denim roams a lawless landscape in search of his own Western story. Amidst the disorder, he meets a young girl, and together they set out across the tank-strewn desert on his trusty camel to find safety.
Written with a simplicity of direction that captivates like a film, The Muslim Cowboy is an extraordinary and mesmerising literary debut about the search for identity, the struggle to reconcile conflicting values, and sacrifice as that great virtue we all must embrace to find meaning and purpose in a world of chaos.
Bruce Omar Yates was born in London to an Indian mother and an English father. He grew up in the south of France before returning to London to study Literature and Film at King’s College London. He was principal songwriter in the rock groups Famy, who released their album We Fam Econo in 2014, and Los Porcos, who released their album Porco Mio in 2016.
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