{"product_id":"make-believe-diana-athill-9781783787449","title":"Make Believe","description":"In Make Believe, Diana Athill, acclaimed author of Instead of a Letter and Stet, 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.\nDespite 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 Jamal's, and separately Gail's, eventual murders.","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51134570627360,"sku":"9781783787449","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781783787449.jpg?v=1780936242","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/make-believe-diana-athill-9781783787449","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}