{"product_id":"the-true-true-story-of-raja-the-gullible-and-his-mother-rabih-alameddine-9781472160546","title":"The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Relentlessly funny\" — The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Darkly comic ... I loved it\" — The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the inimitable Rabih Alameddine — winner of the National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award — comes a tragicomic saga set in Lebanon, a modern story of family, memory, and the unbreakable (and insane) attachment of a son and his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and \"the neighborhood homosexual,\" Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son's privacy as a personal affront. She craves nothing more than to know the ins and outs of Raja's work life and love life, boundaries be damned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn't be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja itching for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWickedly funny, heartbreaking, and told in Raja's irresistible voice, The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible dances across six decades to tell the unforgettable story of a singular life and its absurdities — a tale of mistakes, self-discovery, trauma, and maybe even forgiveness. Above all, it's a wild and sparkling celebration of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68217885917472,"sku":"9781472160546","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781472160546_3123950.jpg?v=1794297457","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-true-true-story-of-raja-the-gullible-and-his-mother-rabih-alameddine-9781472160546","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}