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�At once both humorous and heartbreaking, [Aijazuddin�s] memoir allows his bubbly personality to shine in a story about letting go of shame and finding self-acceptance.� �WASHINGTON POST �[A] sterling debut . . . Aijazuddin combines blazing wit with heartbreaking candor as he recounts his path toward self-acceptance as a gay Pakistani.� �PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review �Variously hilarious.� �FOREWORD REVIEWS, starred review �A kaleidoscopic journey in search of happiness and freedom�Aijazuddin�s account is hip, engrossing, deeply moving, and remarkably funny.� �MANIL SURI, award-winning author of The Death of Vishnu I�m just a man, standing in front of a salad, asking it to be a cake. What do you do when you�re too gay for Pakistan, too Pakistani to be gay in America, and you�re ashamed of your body everywhere? How can you find happiness despite years of humiliation, physical danger, and a legion of Brooklyn hipsters who know you only as a queer from Whereveristan? How do you summon the courage to be yourself no matter where you are? Even as a young child in Lahore, Komail Aijazuddin knew he was different�no one else at his all-boys prep school was pirouetting off their desks, or bullied for their �manboobs,� or spontaneously bursting into songs from The Little Mermaid. Aijazuddin began to believe his only chance at a happy, meaningful life would be found elsewhere: America, the land of the free, the home of the gays. But the hostility of a post-9/11 world and society�s rejection of his art, his desires, and his body would soon teach him that finding happiness takes a lot more than a plane ticket. Searching for his place between two worlds while navigating a minefield of expectations, prejudice, and self-doubt, Aijazuddin discovered, sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously, that there are people and places he�d need to let go of to move forward. Manboobs is Aijazuddin�s riotous yet intelligent memoir of searching for love, seamlessly blending humor, politics, pop culture, and the bravery required to be yourself. Aijazuddin confidently announces himself as a sharp new voice in humor with his moving, wickedly funny reexamination of the American Dream and our search for home.