EAN: 9781408876008

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The powerful moving story of a California teenager from an immigrant family who finding himself in an increasingly hostile world is turned from a carefree surfer's life towards a culture of fear and fanaticism Laguna Beach California 2010. Alireza Courdee a fourteen-year-old straight-A student takes his first hit of pot. In that moment he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity starts surfing cuts classes and lies to his father. For the first time Reza - now Rez - feels like an all-American teen. Then a terror incident shocks the nation. As fears escalate his newfound friends withdraw and Rez becomes increasingly isolated an object of suspicion because of his name and skin colour. Now he can only relate to Arash a fellow Muslim student and beautiful Fatima who starts wearing a hijab and going to the local mosque. Little by little Reza is drawn into a troubling new world. Delicately capturing a young man's alienation and search for identity A Good Country is an unforgettable modern coming-of-age story. It is also a powerful portrait of the ways in which international events reverberate across the globe damaging distant lives. Insightful nuanced and emotionally forceful it is an important book for our times.

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