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A photo of a Pakistani-British man with short cropped grey hair, wearing a jacket and a checked scarf

"I woke up in a pool of blood, waiting to die."

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"It's a terrible irony that this injury has brought out the best in me."

A book cover showing an illustration of a boy riding a bike silhouetted against a semi-circle sun; text in 70s font

"As a writer, that's what you want to do — write a book that people like 30 years later. That's a big achievement."

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A Pakistani-British man with grey hair, wearing a black jacket and pants and blue and orange sneakers, in a wheelchair

"That's the source of the humour in the book … looking at the adults and being completely baffled by the stupidity of what they do."
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