{"product_id":"2940011313202","title":"Shaikh-Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the Persian Gulf island of Belaj, British air-hostesses and Egyptian belly-dancers are working overtime to relieve oversexed citizens of their frustrations and petrodollars. One of the punters is murdered: whisky-soaked publisher Farouk whose randy wife Nayla is a niece of the local despot, His Highness Shaikh Khaled bin Khalifa al-Khazi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewcomer Cass, an East London housewife, becomes a $500 hooker. Sammy-Jo, an American stewardess with page-3-girl boobs, and bisexual British banker Eddy are drawn into a plot by BARF (Belaj Armed Revolutionary Front) to assassinate Shaikh Khaled in a bizarre bedroom romp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens after the coup? Will it be the Dawn of Democracy - or \"Whoops Apocalypse\"? (And what unnerving fate does the author predict for Muammar Gaddafi and other tyrannical Arab rulers?)\u003cbr\u003e* * * * * * *\u003cbr\u003e“Witty, entertaining, raunchy and very well written.” Peter O’Donnell, creator of Modesty Blaise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ribald and politically incorrect. Set in a fictitious but absolutely believable Arab state where sheikhs and their minions are locked in a life-and-death struggle to survive the relentless move towards democracy. Entertaining.” Gay Times\u003cbr\u003e“Probably a Zionist plot masterminded by the CIA to undermine the good image of morally irreproachable Gulf Arabs.” Gulf Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Hurst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078278791408,"sku":"2940011313202","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011313202_p0.jpg?v=1763548459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011313202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}