Night of Power

"A searing and beautiful novel." —Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes and The IllegalFeatured on CBC's "30 books to read now"A portrait of a Muslim family—from the heady days in Uganda to hard times in a new country, and the tragic accident that forces them to confront the ghosts of the pastIt's 1998. And Mansoor Visram has lived in Canada for 25 years, ever since dictator Idi Amin expelled South Asians from Uganda. As a refugee with a wife and child, Mansoor has tried his best to recreate the life they once had, but starting over in Canada has been much harder than he expected. He's worked as a used car salesman, as a gas station attendant, and now he runs a small dry cleaner in suburban Calgary. But he's hatching plans for a father and son empire that will bring back the wealth and status the Visrams enjoyed in Uganda. The problem is, his son Ashif does not share his dreams, and he's moved across the country to get away...