| Description |
222 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
Omar Ali, twenty-seven-year-old line cook and petty criminal, gets a phone call from his ex-girlfriend's father at work, informing Omar that Anna has committed suicide. Unable to process or articulate his grief, and suffering from insomnia, Omar embarks on a quest to obtain her suicide note from her elusive parents. As he unravels, Omar finds himself getting involved in break-ins, online terrorism, dealing with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and losing his best friend as he becomes less recognizable. There Has to Be a Knife examines expectations - both intimate and political - on brown men, exploring ideas of cultural identity and the tropes we use to represent them."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Masculinity -- Fiction.
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Suicide -- Fiction.
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Grief -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.
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Grief. (OCoLC)fst00947883
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Suicide. (OCoLC)fst01137578
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| Genre/Form |
Philosophical fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Psychological fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Khan, Adnan, 1987- There has to be a knife. Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019 1551527863 9781551527864 (OCoLC)1101619528 |
| ISBN |
9781551527857 (softcover) |
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1551527855 (softcover) |
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