Learned Behaviours
$30.39
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
29 July 2025
Summary
The past is calling him home …
As a prospective barrister, Zaid Saban is on the cusp of achieving everything he has dreamed of. His social and professional world is far removed from his schoolyard days in the suburbs of western Sydney, even more far removed from the traumatic events of his final year of school in which his best friend, Hass, was arrested for murder.
Zaid thinks he has put all this behind him. But when Hass’s sister, Amira, finds him and asks h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761152191 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 176115219X |
| Author: | Zeynab Gamieldien |
| Publisher: | Ultimo Press |
| Imprint: | Ultimo Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 456g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 233mm x 154mm |
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‘In a moving and compelling portrait of how we learn and unlearn what we think we know of the world, Learned Behaviours succeeds as a mystery novel, a meditation on class, drive and prejudice, and as a story of love and connection. Gamieldien’s characters, so intimately and honestly drawn, will get under your skin and stay there.’ * Martine Kropkowski, author of Everywhere We Look *
‘a candid commentary on race and class in contemporary Australia’
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Zeynab Gamieldien
Zeynab Gamieldien is the inaugural winner of the 2022 Westwords/Ultimo Prize for her debut novel, The Scope of Permissibility. Her work has been shortlisted for the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction and featured in publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald’s Daily Life section and the Australian Muslim Times.
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