Aboulela Profile

The Scostman has a lengthy profile of Edinburgh-based Sudanese writer and inaugural Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela, whose new novel Minaret comes out here in the States in October. Yes, the inevitable comparison to Zadie Smith is made. (Reporters seem unable to avoid it whenever they see a black or mixed-race writer.)

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