{"product_id":"older-brother","title":"Older Brother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA French-Syrian family's father and two sons struggle to integrate into a society that doesn't offer them many opportunities, exploring the world of Uberized workers and the global jihad. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 10 October 2019\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece.-- The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuperb.-- The New York Times Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlder brother is a driver for an app-based car service, spending eleven hours each day in his cab, constantly tuned into the radio, ruminating about his life and the world waiting just on the other side of the windshield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYounger brother set out for Syria several months ago, full of idealism. Hired as a nurse by a Muslim humanitarian organization, he has recently stopped sending any news back home. This silence eats away at his father and brother, who ask themselves over and over again: why did he leave?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne evening, the intercom rings. Little brother has come home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive first novel, Mahir Guven alternates between lively humor and the gravity imposed by the threat of terrorism. He explores a world of Uberized workers, weighed down by loneliness, struggling to survive, but he also describes the universe of those who are actors in the global jihad: indoctrination, combat, their impossible return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the poignant story of a Franco-Syrian family whose father and two sons try to integrate themselves into a society that doesn't offer them many opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 284g\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 136 x 209 x 20 (mm)\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781787701861\\n                            \\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mahir Guven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44096876052730,"sku":"9781787701861","price":9.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/342623931c812fc0930f6f0d38944a55.jpg?v=1624757525","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/older-brother","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}