{"product_id":"9781526679994","title":"In the City by the Sea","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shamsie, Kamila \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAsia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 25 September 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 16 | 164g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a starHasan lives an idyllic childhood of abundance: of pomegranates and cricket and ostensible serenity. This illusory veneer of calm is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician in a land shackled by a militaristic regime, is charged with treason, under possible penalty of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with melancholic lyrical beauty and urgency, In the City by the Sea examines the loss of childhood innocence under political oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47307136958723,"sku":"9781526679994","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781526679994.jpg?v=1759842254","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781526679994","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}