Join Kasim Ali to discuss his latest novel Who Will Remain - a blistering story of social expectations and social condemnation, of dead ends and divided loyalties, and of what remains when you have nothing left to lose.

 

Amir has grown up in the Alum Rock neighbourhood of Birmingham, under the loving eye of his older brother, Bilal, and his cousin Saqib, born just a few days before Amir. There are places and people you know to avoid as an Alum Rock kid, but Amir has managed to keep his nose clean and stay out of trouble. When Saqib is killed gang running, suddenly home doesn’t feel so safe anymore. Amir’s university grades are collapsing and pressures are mounting from every direction. As tensions flare, it seems that everyone in his life is carrying their own secrets and the family ties that have bound him so completely begin to unravel. Amir decides he only has himself to rely on and must take his future into his own hands.