{"product_id":"guygunaratnemister","title":"Guy Gunaratne - Mister, Mister","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Guy Gunaratne. Themes include Fiction, Literary, Political, Muslim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enthralling' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Culture Preview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A quicksilver astonishment of a book. Just read it' Kiran Millwood Hargrave\u003cbr\u003e 'A vital novel of newness and nowness' Raymond Antrobus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A rollercoaster coming of age picaresque' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman, Vogue, Guardian and Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e 2023 Fiction Pick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIdiot, poet, jihadist, son. Who is Yahya Bas? An exuberantly imaginative novel of Britishness and unbelonging from the prizewinning author of \u003ci\u003eIn Our Mad and Furious City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Yahya Bas finds himself in a Uk detention centre after fleeing the conflict in Syria, he has many questions to face. What was he doing in the desert? Why does he hate this country? Why did he write the incendiary verses which turned him into an online sensation and a media pariah?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mister, his interrogator, wants to keep him locked up. So he decides to tell his life story. On his own terms.\u003cbr\u003e Following a child that East Ham made who becomes the unwitting voice of a generation, \u003ci\u003eMister, Mister\u003c\/i\u003e is also the story of a quest for a father and the discovery of another way to live in the shadow of war. Bracing, tender, exuberantly imaginative, this is a novel that only Guy Gunaratne could have written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58002899468662,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781472250230.jpg?v=1780402222","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/guygunaratnemister","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}