The Last One

'Daas has chosen not to play the designated role of 'the chick from the banlieue who made it'. All of this makes her path harder, as does her unwillingness to iron out the conflict she sees between her religion and her sexuality. This has made for a fine first novel' NLR

'The writing triumphs by keeping a low profile, without trying to make too much noise, and with a show of compassion for her people' Virginie Despentes

Fatima Daas has written a first novel with percussive lyricism. With a narrator torn between 'the forbidden' and her desire' Livres Hebdo