{"product_id":"make-believe-a-true-story-9781783787449","title":"Make Believe: A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMake Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Athill, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStet\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783787449","brand":"Diana Athill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42277265309877,"sku":"9781783787449","price":11.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d170f1e7-21bc-41d9-b5e5-2ce6f324557f.jpg?v=1657596793","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/make-believe-a-true-story-9781783787449","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}