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The Khan
- Narrated by: Mina Anwar
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men.
Jia Khan has always lived like this.
A successful lawyer, her London life is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father headed up the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind.
But now her father, Akbar Khan, has been murdered and Jia must return to take his place. In the past, the police relied on him to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a power struggle has broken out amongst the various communities and now, nobody is safe.
Justice needs to be restored and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a price.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-10-21
A Gripping story with a great finale
Very well written crime thriller steeped in Asian culture and the North. Intricately plotted with a fab twist I did not see coming. As with a lot of crime thrillers it also reminds us that very few humans are entire good or entirely bad.
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- Felicity Mallam
- 01-12-22
Amazing - family, blood, love.
A British Asian modern day mafia story - either all the complex emotions that family brings!
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- Jonathan Oribesigye
- 09-05-21
Amazing
A completely immersive, and captivating story that is highly recommended, rich in detail but not overbearing in its approach.
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- Stephen
- 08-07-22
The most sympathetic ice cold murderer
Original, racy writing. Fascinating characters. Deep insights into Yorkshire Muslim life. Compulsive plot. Read this book!
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- Humico
- 18-05-21
Excellent book
Incredibly engaging and just wonderful! Really enjoyed the story and Mina Baker’s narration has brought it to life.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-11-22
The Khan
I loved the plot, I was not expecting the ending. Brilliantly written, fantastic read. Need a sequel.
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- greenkingfish
- 01-06-21
59 mins left but I can’t take anymore
It started well enough with interesting insights in to another culture, but the story? The narration? Both left me feeling like wading through treacle.
I am therefore disappointed, it offered much promise but miserably failed to deliver.
My biggest criticism is the overdramatised wordy dialogue, “ the metal jail door dragged over the bare concrete floor “
Or something as like, I can’t be bother to ensure my accuracy but needless to say I found the extra padding unnecessary and laborious.
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- SMF
- 18-12-21
Flowery poetry read in a northern accent
I think this was compulsive listening rather than enjoyable. A good storyline however the poetic feel to writing dragged it out. It was good but not one for my ‘listen again’ list.
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- Dr. Ian J. Tatner
- 13-03-22
Dull predictable story
Almost gave up several times during the reading. I got to within 10 min of the end and through in the towel - not worth a credit.
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- Gabz
- 02-04-24
Painfully slow and erratic
Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This was incredibly painful to get through, even though it was a reasonably short book. The writing wasn't necessarily bad, but it was all over the place and the zoom of the narrator kept moving around as if it was some low budget sitcom. It was a very annoying feature, and very often felt unnecessary because it didn't add much to the story.
Nothing actually happens in the first 33% of this book. Nothing. There's a randomised grouping of various events that don't necessarily tie together and don't make a ton of sense. The book blurb states the father is murdered, it's the whole premise. Except it's not. It's a wedding. The father's still alive at the 33% mark.
The characters, I will not deny, are painted with a good background and with baggage in an attempt to make them vivid. They have large chips on their shoulders about their heritage, cultural and criminal, and it influences much of their relationships with each other. Is it readable, though? Not really.
I also found a few segments very preachy, focusing on misrepresentations of Islam, "whiteness" and "brownness" and the baggage on either side. I think either that discourse takes place in non-fiction books that deal with the topic at length, with a beginning, a middle and an end, OR, if it's fiction, it should take place in more natural contexts as the book actually proceeds through its plot (except there seems to be none here).
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