{"product_id":"9781101547953","title":"The Wandering Falcon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA haunting literary debut set in the forbidding remote tribal  areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditions that have lasted for centuries, both brutal and beautiful,  create  a rigid structure for life in the wild, astonishing place where Iran,  Pakistan,  and Afghanistan meet-the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It  is a  formidable world, and the people who live there are constantly subjected  to  extremes-of place and of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wandering Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a young couple, refugees from  their  tribe, who have traveled to the middle of nowhere to escape the cruel  punishments meted out upon those who transgress the boundaries of  marriage and  family. Their son, Tor Baz, descended from both chiefs and outlaws,  becomes \"The  Wandering Falcon,\" a character who travels among the tribes, over the  mountains  and the plains, into the towns and the tents that constitute the homes of  the  tribal people. The media today speak about this unimaginably remote  region, a  geopolitical hotbed of conspiracies, drone attacks, and conflict, but in  the  rich, dramatic tones of a master storyteller, this stunning, honor-bound  culture  is revealed from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamil Ahmad has written an unforgettable portrait of a world of custom  and  compassion, of love and cruelty, of hardship and survival, a place  fragile,  unknown, and unforgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120817619184,"sku":"9781101547953","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101547953_p0.jpg?v=1763687628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101547953","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}