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ISBN: 978-1-7328686-0-1
Distribution: Ingram
Sebastian Khan is 380 days away from the end of college. An art history major with a fondness for the Pre-Raphaelites and a dislike of long-term commitments (romantic and otherwise), Sebastian starts dating Fatima, who’s determined to transition smoothly from campus life to a stable white-collar professional career. Sebastian’s membership in Model United Nations, though, takes him to colleges across North America, foisting upon him all manner of temptations and testing his commitment to Fatima and his readiness for adulthood.
Part satire of college life circa 2011 and part serious exploration of art’s fundamental unreality, Portrait of Sebastian Khan is a humorous coming-of-age novel about a charismatic but emotionally stunted Muslim American Don Draper, who wins as many hearts as he breaks.
PRAISE FOR PORTRAIT OF SEBASTIAN KHAN
“The true star of this piece is the expat community that Duclos has perfectly drawn. Any expat who has spent an amount of time in Asia will find at least something in there that speaks to their own experience. The worldbuilding is excellent.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“In Aatif Rashid’s witty and dissolute Portrait of Sebastian Khan…Sebastian is a flawed but compelling character, and his romances are detailed with rushes of color and sensation. This sensuality alternates with undertones of humor and even subtle splendor, so that Trader Joe’s vodka becomes a vessel of magical spirits, or the ‘mermaid’s song’ scent of a beachy shampoo transports him from the ‘dull pop music of the Walgreen’s.’
—Foreword Reviews
“A smart, thoughtfully constructed, and propulsive coming-of-age story.”
—J. Ryan Stradal, author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest
7.13 Books 