Ed is a young Muslim living in London. Ed tries different flavours of Islam, becomes a radical Islamist and later changes his mind. This book is Ed's memoir and it's 288 pages were written in 2007.
This book is easy to understand as it is clear and well written. Although it is a memoir, your reading experience and enjoyment is the same as from reading a regular novel. This is a story of growing up, rebelling against your parents and society, plus finding your place in the world.
Ed does not preach at the reader, he just tells his story and let's you form your own opinion of Islam. I am an Atheist and I thoroughly enjoyed his book. You do not need to be a religious scholar of any religion to understand and enjoy this book. Apart from being a wonderful story, it enlightens the reader about the HUGE differences between Muslims. This book made me laugh when Ed details the infighting between different mosques and Muslim groups.
There is a good timescale to this memoir as Ed grows up and lives through the Twin Towers terrorist attacks of 2001 and the London bombings of 2005. He has to reconcile his faith each time after both terrorist attacks committed by fellow Muslims.
This book gives a much needed transparency to a very closed world lived by Muslims among us in Britain today. This story really enlightens the reader by showing the huge breadth in the interpretation and worship within Islam.
I have found nothing wrong with this lovely book, it is very good and I vote it the top score of 5 stars.
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