{"product_id":"books-in-the-city-by-the-sea-by-kamila-shamsie","title":"In the City by the Sea","description":"_______________  'Full of fun, longing and wit … a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' - Ali Smith  'A touching and engrossing story … an assured debut' - The Times  'A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in Pakistan … an interesting and promising novel' - Guardian _______________  BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE _______________  Hasan is eleven years old. He loves cricket, pomegranates, the night sky, his clever, vibrant artistic mother and his etymologically obsessed lawyer father, and he adores his next-door neighbour Zehra. One early summer morning, while lazing happily on the roof, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death.   Soon after, Hasan's idyllic, sheltered family life is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician, is arrested and charged with treason... Set in a land ruled by an oppressive military regime, this eloquent, charming and quietly political novel vividly recreates the confusing world of a young boy on the edge of adulthood, and beautifully illustrates the transformative power of the imagination.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53671745159441,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781526607836.jpg?v=1781517147","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-in-the-city-by-the-sea-by-kamila-shamsie","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}