The Decay of an Angel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798292995876)

The Decay of an Angel is a powerful, lyrical novel that fuses literary fiction with elements of magical realism to explore the nature of love, desire, faith, and loss. Ayaz, a brilliant yet conflicted British-Pakistani imam, is haunted by memories of Yasmeen-a woman he once tried to seduce, then fell in love with, only to lose her again and again across continents and years.

From London to Lahore, from Sufi shrines to red-light districts, Ayaz's journey spans spiritual awakenings, forbidden affairs, and devastating betrayals. As he wrestles with his role as a religious leader and a man tormented by passion, he's shadowed by the memory of Yusuf, a close friend and possible lover, who succumbs to AIDS and dies in a foreign war.

Yasmeen's life is no less turbulent. Torn from safety and thrust into exploitation, she survives with defiant grace, her story a parallel descent through shame, resilience, and the fleeting grip of hope. When fate reunites them, it is no fairytale-but a final reckoning with the past, and a revelation of what remains when everything else is stripped away.

A raw and transcendent novel about the fractures between body and soul, religion and desire, The Decay of an Angel is a searing portrait of what it means to seek redemption in a world where every love is a sacrifice.