{"product_id":"noon-paperback-1","title":"Noon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAatish Taseer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRehan Tabassum has grown up in a world of privilege in Delhi. His mother and her new husband embody the dazzling emergent India everyone is talking about. His real father, however, is a virtual stranger to him: a Pakistani Muslim who lives across the border and owns a vast telecommunications empire called Qasimic Call. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Rehan contemplates his future, he finds himself becoming unmoored. Leaving the familiarity of home for Pakistan in an attempt to get closer to his father, he is drawn into events he barely understands. His half brother, Isffy, is being blackmailed; his powerful father's entourage is tearing itself apart; and the city of Port Bin Qasim, where he finds himself, is filled with rioting protestors. Moral danger lurks in every corner of this dark, shifting, and unfamiliar world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the background of a turbulent Pakistan and a rapidly changing India, \u003ci\u003eNoon \u003c\/i\u003eis a startling and powerfully charged novel from a brilliant young writer. Aatish Taseer bears witness to some of the most urgent questions of our times, questions about nationhood and violence, family and identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAatish Taseer\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1980. He has worked as a reporter for \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTAR\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and is the highly acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eManto: Selected Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Temple-Goers \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the 2010 Costa First Novel Award. He lives in Delhi and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157914943551,"sku":"9780865478756","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9qLQaji3OJ9780865478756.webp?v=1776985396","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/noon-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}