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Here are ‘dangerous’ women transgressing, missing children in 1970s New York, a family who were once Syrian but have now lost their name, and a young woman about to discover the hollowness of the American dream. At its centre lies ‘Alligator’: a remarkable compilation of real and invented sources, which rescues from history the story of a Syrian American couple who were murdered at the hands of the state.  Alzayat explores experiences that are startling and real, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after reading.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512814706961,"sku":"GOR011450429","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49739834294545,"sku":"NGR9781529029918","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53564472066321,"sku":"GOR013491136","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1529029910.jpg?v=1751181107"},{"product_id":"alligator-and-other-stories-book-dima-alzayat-9781529029895","title":"Alligator and Other Stories","description":"The debut short story collection from an exciting talent to watch: Dima Alzayat is an award-winning young Syrian-American writer who captures the many ways we can be displaced, and made to feel other.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49591261036817,"sku":"GOR011214973","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49635013230865,"sku":"GOR012785393","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50661408440593,"sku":"GOR011111889","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1529029899.jpg?v=1751456148"},{"product_id":"alligator-book-dima-alzayat-9781937512897","title":"Alligator","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning stories in Dima Alzayat's collection are luminous and tender, whether dealing with a woman performing burial rites for her brother in \"Ghusl,\" or a great-aunt struggling to explain cultural identity to her niece in \"Once We Were Syrians.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alzayat's stories are rich and relatable, chronicling a sense of displacement through everyday scenarios. There is the intern in pre-#MeToo Hollywood of \"Only Those Who Struggle Succeed,\" the New York City children on the lookout for a place to play on the heels of Etan Patz's kidnapping in \"Disappearance,\" and the \"dangerous\" women of \"Daughters of Manāt\" who struggle to assert their independence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The title story, \"Alligator,\" is a masterpiece of historical reconstruction and intergenerational trauma, told in an epistolary format through social media posts, newspaper clippings, and testimonials, that starts with the true story of the lynching of a Syrian immigrant couple by law officers in small-town Florida. 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