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K. Anis Ahmed

Bangladeshi author, essayist, and publisher exploring the intersections of fiction, culture, and identity.

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Featured Book

Carnivore

Carnivore

$18.99

Paperback

4.1

In New York's high-end restaurant scene one chef will do anything, and cook anything, to come out on top. Kash knows what hunger really means. He grew up with nothing. Built a restaurant from nothing. Now he's cooking for men who have everything – billionaires with appetites as twisted as their fortunes.

Other Works

Carnivore
Carnivore

$18.99

Paperback

4.1

In New York's high-end restaurant scene one chef will do anything, and cook anything, to come out on top. Kash knows what hunger really means. He grew up with nothing. Built a restaurant from nothing. Now he's cooking for men who have everything – billionaires with appetites as twisted as their fortunes.

Good Night, Mr.Kissinger & Other Stories
Good Night, Mr.Kissinger & Other Stories

$16.00

Paperback

4.8

Stories of love and ambition, family secrets and exile set in Dhaka, Bangladesh. From the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War to modern-day Dhaka, these nine stories trace the city's transformation from provincial outpost to overwhelming megalopolis, exploring what happens when the extraordinary becomes the everyday.

The World in My Hands
The World in My Hands

$15.21

Paperback

5.0

A dark satire mirroring Bangladesh's economy. Two old friends find their lives upended as their country enters a state of Emergency. Hissam, a struggling newspaper editor, and Kaiser, a wealthy real estate developer, watch their roles interchange as political turmoil forces them to choose sides.

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About K. Anis Ahmed

K. Anis Ahmed is a Bangladeshi author, publisher, and cultural advocate whose work bridges literature, journalism, and ideas. His fiction and essays examine the human condition through the lens of South Asian life and its global echoes.

His works include Good Night, Mr. Kissinger (University Press Limited), The World in My Hands (Random House India), Forty Steps (UPL, 2014), and the forthcoming Carnivore (HarperCollins UK, 2025).

His essays and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian/Observer, and Financial Times.

Educated at Brown University, Washington University in St. Louis, and New York University, he brings an international sensibility to South Asian letters.

He is the Publisher of the Dhaka Tribune, Co-founder of Dhaka Lit Fest, and Co-founder of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). He has also served as President of PEN Bangladesh.

What Critics Have to Say

Good Night, Mr.Kissinger

 

Tahmima Anam, author of The Good Muslim

"Vividly realized and intricately observed, Good Night, Mr. Kissinger is a poignant portrait of a city and the characters that live in the wake of great change."

Carnivore

 

Hindustan Times

'Fast-paced, deeply disturbing satire … dripping with tension'

Good Night, Mr.Kissinger

 

Shashi Tharoor, author of The Great Indian Novel

"These stories reveal K. Anis Ahmed to be a writer of great promise with a telling eye for detail." 

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