From the acclaimed author of Bilal's Bread comes this unflinching portrait of an American-Thai young man struggling with his sexual identity.

His name was Isa. In every society, of course, there is a class of those who are not wanted, they do not fit in, who cannot, who never will. They exist at the margins. They stand outside the windows looking in. Sometimes like Isa, they stand at windows looking out, filled with restlesness because they know, down inside, that they do not belong where they are. They are mistakes and they know it.

Isa was one of these unfortunate souls, and like all the rest, he would do his best to fit his squares into circles until the truth finally made itself known. Like all the others, he would keep trying to be something he was not until he became exhausted from the effort. Then - and only then - would he become what he was.

About the author...

Sulayman X is an American convert to Islam. He currently lives in Southeast Asia, where he works as a journalist.