A Son of a Son: Vol I

In 1918, Tahir Shah's grandfather, The Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, published the small volume of 'poetry in prose' - Eastern Moonbeams. The book marked not only the beginning of a glittering literary career, but the start of something far greater.

In the century since The Sirdar's first publication, three generations of the same family have released hundreds of books - the bulk of them bridging West with East.

A Son of a Son comprises a selection of passages from the work of a grandfather, a fathe...