As a brutal civil war draws to its end, Sohail Haque comes upon an abandoned building and, inside it, a young woman whose story will stay with him for the rest of his life. Almost a decade on, his sister Maya returns from a long absence to find him changed beyond recognition: she has held on to her revolutionary ideals, while Sohail has abandoned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader. When Sohail resolves to send his son to a madrasa, the rift between brother and sister reaches a devastating breaking point. Set in Bangladesh as religious fundamentalism gathers strength, Tahmima Anam’s ‘The Good Muslim’ is a novel about faith, family and the long shadow that war casts over those who survive it. Published by Prothoma Prokashon.