{"product_id":"2940169868326","title":"Guerrillas","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an unnamed Caribbean Island, political tensions provoked by race and poverty are high. Jimmy Ahmed, a young mixed-race man, has been hailed as a revolutionary leader of the people. Roche, imprisoned for activities against South Africa's apartheid regime, and Jane, a feckless English rich girl wanting to be feel a part of something bigger, get sucked into the turmoil and world of Ahmed. But does anyone achieve anything by causing unrest? Do any of them really want freedom in a new society, or just the old society with themselves at the helm of power?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the politically turbulent 1970s, Naipaul takes aim at the sacred cows and myths of revolutionariesamp;mdash;how so many of them \"huff and puff,\" knowing that the house will never blow down. From the safest places come the bravest words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaipaul's bleak tale also takes aim at flaws in Marxist and revolutionary ideologyamp;mdash;at the idea that one can predict or manipulate how the \"revolution\" will turn out. His characters are lost souls trying to navigate a post-colonial world where racism, classism, and conflicting ideals create a festering unrest that no one knows how to fix. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104710246640,"sku":"2940169868326","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169868326_p0.jpg?v=1769901758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169868326","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}