{"product_id":"9781847086327","title":"Make Believe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMake Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Athill, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStet\u003c\/i\u003e, remembers her turbulent friendship with Hakim Jamal, a young black convert to the teachings of Malcolm X, whom she met in London in the late 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite a desperately troubled youth, he became an eloquent spokesman for the black underclass, was Jean Seberg's lover and published a book about Malcolm X, before descending into a mania that had him believing he was God. A witness to his struggles, Diana Athill writes with her characteristic honesty about her entanglement with Jamal, Jamal's relationship with the daughter of a British MP, Gail Benson, and the couple's eventual murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062738993392,"sku":"9781847086327","price":9.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847086327_p0.jpg?v=1763750632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847086327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}