{"product_id":"the-last-white-man-9780241995556","title":"The Last White Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the twice Booker-shortlisted author of\u003ci\u003e The Reluctant Fundamentalist \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eExit West\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders''s father and Oona''s mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMohsin Hamid's \u003ci\u003eThe Last White Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary novel exploring race and identity... it's another bracing achievement from a consummate master, its silken prose breathing fresh air into fusty debates about race and identity * Oprah Daily *\u003cbr\u003eA hypnotic race fable . . . In the hands of such a deft and humane writer as Hamid, a bizarre construct is moved far beyond any mere 'what if' * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe electric premise, borrowed from Kafka's \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e, looks set to update a classic to make it urgently relevant * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e[A] powerful contemporary update of Kafka's \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e -- A Financial Times Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733437722967,"sku":"9780241995556","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241995556.jpg?v=1720000076","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-white-man-9780241995556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}