Ours are the Streets by Sunjeev Sahota

This is an interesting novel about a young Muslim who goes to Afghanistan to visit relatives and comes back committed to a much more extreme interpretation of his faith.  The main character is complex and portrays his own internal struggle between his ancestral culture and his UK upbringing very well.  However, he was not as well drawn as I would have liked and this did detract slightly from the power of the book.   The writing is very good and I particularly enjoyed the dialogue which is convincing and very cleverly done.  The book addresses a lot of difficult issues raised by the integration of Muslim immigrants into UK life so is not an easy read but is very thought provoking.