{"product_id":"djinn-city-paperback","title":"Djinn City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaad Z. Hossain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the cult classic \u003ci\u003eEscape from Baghdad!, comes one of \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian's\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fantasy Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndelbed is a lonely kid living in a crumbling mansion in the super dense, super chaotic third world capital Of Bangladesh. His father, Dr. Kaikobad, is the black sheep of their clan, the once illustrious Khan Rahman family. A drunken loutish widower, he refuses to allow Indelbed go to school, and the only thing Indelbed knows about his mother is the official cause of her early demise: \"Death by Indelbed.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But When Dr. Kaikobad falls into a supernatural coma, Indelbed and his older cousin, the wise-cracking slacker Rais, learn that Indelbed's dad was in fact a magician-and a trusted emissary to the djinn world. And the Djinns, as it turns out, are displeased. A \"hunt\" has been announced, and ten year-old Indelbed is the prey. Still reeling from the fact that genies actually exist, Indelbed finds himself on the run. Soon, the boys are at the center of a great Diinn controversy, one tied to the continuing fallout from an ancient war, with ramifications for the future of life as we know it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaad Z. Hosscin updates the supernatural creatures Of Arabian mythology-a superior but by no means perfect species pushed to the brink by the staggering ineptitude of the human race. \u003ci\u003eDjinn City\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly comedic fanlasy adventure, and a stirring follow-up to Hossain's 2015 novel \u003ci\u003eEscape from Baghdad!\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a hilarious and searing indictment of the project we euphemistically call 'nation-building.'\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaad Z Hossain\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eEscape from Baghdad!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDjinn City\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67960950522077,"sku":"9781944700065","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/m0pDb2-lgb9781944700065.webp?v=1790833843","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/djinn-city-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}