{"product_id":"9781482817133","title":"Maree and the Prince: Prince with a Resident Ghost","description":"Chandigarh is a city that represents the India born in 1947 after independence from the British Raj. The protagonist is a prince of an old royal family of the Punjab. He has been brought up like a prince but is out of sync with his royal heritage. He is democratic to an excessive degree.  The novel is his journey through a haze of drinking, through atheism, to a certain faith in some God. On the way he meets his secretary, Bible Maree; his faithful servant, Bhader; and the healing religious leader, Peer Baba.  The book is also a statement about the sexual mores of India. One of the prince’s friend advocates the establishment of legal brothels for the frustrated males of India. He also offers it as a solution to the high number of rapes in India.  Maree keeps company to the debauched prince, who is a writer. She decodes his drunken writing and types it into a computer. The novel is also a journey of Prince Ravee through the world of ghosts that reside in and around his penthouse in Turail.","brand":"Partridge India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177296740592,"sku":"9781482817133","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781482817133_p0.jpg?v=1763625229","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482817133","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}