Boys will be Boys

"[Boys Will Be Boys] is best read, as Suleri signaled in her earlier book Meatless Days, as a procession of little tales: honed into near-perfection by the story-tellers art, haunted by the elegance of Urdu and English poets. Meatless Days has a singular position in the South Asian canon. Boys Will Be Boys, echoing it after a wait of fifteen years, is, if anything, better still." (Aamer Hussein The Independent) "Sara Suleri Goodyear brings her family vividly to life once more. . . . The author has the rare ability to knit together moments of such absolute sadness, with vivid, light-hearted memories of those she has loved and lost. . . . Suleri remains a skilled miniaturist. She can compress entire worlds into a few brief sentences, filling in the tiny details, but never losing sight of the balance and structure of the whole. This is a thoroughly satisfying read." (Muneeza Shamsie Newsline)

About the Author

Sara Suleri (1953 - ) is an academic, critic, and author. She grew up in Lahore and earned degrees from Kinnaird College and University of Punjab, and later a doctorate from Indiana University. She is a Professor Emeritus at Yale University and lives in the USA.