{"product_id":"9781447230939","title":"The Bus Stopped","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very angry bus driver, abandoned by his wife and going nowhere in his career; a sanctimonious conductor; a hijra, or eunuch, a remnant of India's Muslim glory days; a nervous, half-Indian businessman clutching a briefcase-full of cash; a right-wing Hindu matriarch; a young boy returning to his village after robbing his employer . . . They meet – and witness a tragic event – only because they are all travelling on the same bus, in the same direction, on the same day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With exceptional poise and beguiling simplicity, Khair introduces a range of voices, thoughts, ideas and identities, allowing each individual’s story to unfold gradually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A novel that reflects deeply into the nature and circumstances of human mobility in our modern, unforgiving world’ Siddhartha Deb, \u003ci\u003e Outlook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘There is much to enjoy here . . . The twist at the end is hilarious. Khair’s talent is as a miniaturist’ Fiona Hook,\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘It’s a fine work: short, sweet and brutal’ James Smart, \u003ci\u003e Sunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A lyrical journey through small-town India’ \u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘[\u003ci\u003eThe Bus Stopped\u003c\/i\u003e] allows stories to emerge with immediacy and leisure, with abrupt shafts of humour’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128558862576,"sku":"9781447230939","price":8.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447230939_p0.jpg?v=1763827942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447230939","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}