{"id":18712,"date":"2019-07-16T14:18:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T14:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=18712"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:00:42","slug":"penned-in-the-margins-to-publish-fiction-debut-by-khaled-hakim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/penned-in-the-margins-to-publish-fiction-debut-by-khaled-hakim\/","title":{"rendered":"Penned in the Margins to publish fiction debut by Khaled Hakim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Book of Naseeb<\/em> tells the story of an idealistic petty criminal who dreams of fitting the victims of Afghanistan with artificial limbs. Described by the author as &#8220;a Muslim <em>Clockwork Orange<\/em>&#8220;, <em>The Book of Naseeb<\/em> is written in a mixture of street argot and Quranic-inspired language, and uses Islamic eschatology to frame the hero&#8217;s struggle for redemption.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Born in Birmingham and based in east London, Khaled Hakim published poetry in the 1990s and was one of the first experimental poets of colour in the UK. He took a decade-long break to pursue a spiritual path, becoming a Sufi student and musician. He wrote <em>The Book of Naseeb<\/em> over seven years, while looking after a growing family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Editor Tom Chivers says, &#8220;I am honoured that Khaled has trusted us with publishing this remarkable story. When I first opened up the manuscript, I was absolutely blown away by the intensity and beauty of his language, as well as the urgency of the narrative. Khaled is doing something completely unique &#8211; both epic and startlingly intricate &#8211; and I can&#8217;t wait to share <em>The Book of Naseeb<\/em> with readers. I think Khaled deserves to be considered alongside the likes of Max Porter, Paul Kingsnorth and Eimear McBride as one of the most exciting innovators in contemporary British fiction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>World rights were acquired directly from the author, with publication in May 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie Penned in the Margins has acquired an innovative fiction debut by poet and Sufi musician Khaled Hakim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[299,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18716,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18712\/revisions\/18716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}