Komail Aijazuddin

A beautiful celebration of being different. This is a book for anyone who remembers musicals, the 1980s, being bullied for liking musicals, and ‘old souls’ everywhere.

Manboobs is an important story, told with a sharp wit and disarming humor. Aijazuddin has the ability to address difficult subjects with thoughtfulness and honesty, while also making you laugh out loud.

Brilliant, spectacularly witty and genuinely moving. I loved it.

At once both humorous and heartbreaking, his memoir allows his bubbly personality to shine in a story about letting go of shame and finding self-acceptance.

This book is laugh out loud funny. A love letter to self acceptance and the pursuit of confidence. Go get it.

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

Deeply incisive, the kind of unflinching queer catharsis which takes up the whole stage before burning it down. Something to be really proud of.

OLIVER DARKSHIRE, author of Once Upon a Tome

Vastly entertaining and wickedly funny ...Aijazuddin has given us a globetrotting bildungsroman for the twenty-first century filled with danger, wit, harrowing escapes, and, yes, musicals. He just might be the most interesting man you’ll ever take to bed with you.

GREG MARSHALL, author of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

A sharply witty and heartwarmingly candid memoir that pirouettes across Lahore, London, and New York City in a quest for home. Part coming-of-age story, part musical extravaganza, this isn't just a tale about growing up gay in Pakistan with body image woes; it's a masterclass in turning life's dissonance into exhilarating adventure...Curtain up on an extraordinary tale of self-acceptance and celebration.

A fabulously witty book about betrayal by many promises: the American dream, Pakistani and religious nationalism, family, love. Wrenchingly personal, unflaggingly generous to the reader, yet full of penetrating social commentary, this book gives you nowhere to hide even as you split your sides laughing.

Komail Aijazuddin

Praise for Manboobs

A beautiful celebration of being different. This is a book for anyone who remembers musicals, the 1980s, being bullied for liking musicals, and ‘old souls’ everywhere.

Manboobs is an important story, told with a sharp wit and disarming humor. Aijazuddin has the ability to address difficult subjects with thoughtfulness and honesty, while also making you laugh out loud ...

Brilliant, spectacularly witty and genuinely moving. I loved it.

A beautiful celebration of being different. This is a book for anyone who remembers musicals, the 1980s, being bullied for liking musicals, and ‘old souls’ everywhere.

Manboobs is an important story, told with a sharp wit and disarming humor. Aijazuddin has the ability to address difficult subjects with thoughtfulness and honesty, while also making you laugh out loud ...

Brilliant, spectacularly witty and genuinely moving. I loved it.

A beautiful celebration of being different. This is a book for anyone who remembers musicals, the 1980s, being bullied for liking musicals, and ‘old souls’ everywhere.

Manboobs is an important story, told with a sharp wit and disarming humor. Aijazuddin has the ability to address difficult subjects with thoughtfulness and honesty, while also making you laugh out loud ...

Brilliant, spectacularly witty and genuinely moving. I loved it.

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