Penguin Group will publish a debut novel by Pakistani author Jamil Ahmad in the United States, United Kingdom and India. Mr. Ahmad is a 79-year-old retired official who served for many years as part of the Civil Service of Pakistan in the tribal areas on the troubled border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Wandering Falcon is a haunting and unforgettable collection of interlinked stories that provide a rare human insight into life in these forbidding tribal regions. The book will be published in 2011 by Penguin India, Penguin UK imprint Hamish Hamilton and Penguin Group (USA) imprint Riverhead Books.
World English-language rights to The Wandering Falcon were acquired by London-based Penguin India Senior Editor Meru Gokhale, who subsequently sold North American rights to Geoffrey Kloske, Vice President and Publisher of Riverhead Books, and UK rights to Hamish Hamilton Publisher Simon Prosser.
Meru Gokhale commented, “I had a tip-off from a friend in Pakistan that a remarkable book had been written. Jamil Ahmad is an extraordinarily talented writer. The Wandering Falcon is stark, compelling, wise, emotional yet unsentimental all at once.”
Geoffrey Kloske said, “We’re thrilled to be publishing The Wandering Falcon. Jamil Ahmad’s powerful stories offer a perspective that is increasingly of interest and importance to American readers.”
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