After spending five years in the military, during which he traveled across the United States and the world, Peprah has finally settled down to pursue his dream as a writer and further his education. He migrated to the United States with his family at age 16. A veteran of the United States Army, Peprah was born and raised in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, in Western Africa. While he's not in school, studying or playing d Peprah Boasiako is the author of the titles, THE HITMAN: A Short Story, THE SEXTAPE: A Dedication to the Ladies, and the soon to be released urban novel, The Genesis (Back 2 My Rootz series). Peprah is a lucky father to a lovely son, and a current student of Computer Engineering Technology at DeVry University in New York City. Peprah Boasiako is the author of the titles, THE HITMAN: A Short Story, THE SEXTAPE: A Dedication to the Ladies, and the soon to be released urban novel, The Genesis (Back 2 My Rootz series).
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Maybe a few fundamentalist Christians pick up ‘Honor’ and think, ‘Wow, why do I believe what my pastor says when he’s saying the kinds of things that sound nutty coming from one of my characters’ mouths?’” “A thing for Western readers to realize about India is, guess what? We have people doing crazy things, too. But Umrigar, whose eight previous novels have been set in both the United States and India, knows fundamentalism can spring from any faith. “Honor,” which was announced this week as a Reese’s Book Club pick, involves - among many other events - a deadly clash between two brothers who believe India should be a Hindu theocracy and their sister’s husband, a Muslim from a nearby village. Her new novel, “ Honor,” turns on India’s two major faiths, Hinduism and Islam, and the violence that can erupt when an extremist faction holds sway. Thrity Umrigar wants to talk about megachurches, which seems both apropos and slightly incongruous. 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