The Perfect Gentleman

About the Book: The Perfect Gentleman

Both deliciously funny and deeply insightful, The Perfect Gentleman is a beguiling multi-layered memoir that has touched the hearts of readers all over the world. At the age of one, Imran Ahmad moved from Pakistan to London, growing up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West. Join Imran in his lifelong struggle against corruption and injustice, and as he grapples with some of Life's most profound questions. What does God do exactly? Do you automatically go to Hell for following the wrong religion? How do you persuade a beautiful woman to become your girlfriend (and would driving a Jaguar XJS help?) Can you maintain a James Bond persona without the vodka, cigarettes and women - even whilst your parents are trying to arrange your marriage? Imran's unimagined journey makes thoughtful, compelling, and downright delightful reading. With a unique style and unflinching honesty, The Perfect Gentleman addresses serious issues in an extraordinarily light way, and will leave readers both thinking deeply and laughing out loud.

About the Author: Imran Ahmad

Imran Ahmad was born in Pakistan, grew up in London, and went to university in Scotland, before pursuing a corporate career which has taken him all over the world, including five years living in the United States. His career has been mainly in finance and information technology, which he knows little about (but this isn't a problem in management consulting, apparently).

His true career started more recently with the publication of this book, and the journey it has taken him on. He loves being invited to perform at literary festivals on tropical islands resembling Paradise.

Reviews

"Irresistible-a charming, laugh-out-loud-funny memoir of a Pakistani Muslim boy growing up in the western world. Full of surprises, Hard to put down"-John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"Beautiful written, funny and endearing, and in its own quiet way, important."-Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole books

"Hurrah for a moving that isn't miserable! Hurray for Imran Ahmads terrific sense of humor an entertaining, moving and thoroughly thought-provoking tale of our times."-The Daily Mail

"A compelling quest for belonging"Guardian

"Very clearly And vividly written, it's funny and perceptive about schools and neighbors friends and girls and especially about the narrator himself, with his continuing puzzlement about religion, his smartly pressed clothes, and his apparently naive fixation with cars"-Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass series

"Humour makes a powerful tool when socially relevant successful in striking that balance, by presenting a thought-provoking even as it makes you laugh out loud."-The Hindu