{"product_id":"9781783787449","title":"Make Believe: A True Story","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\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","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451743113277,"sku":"9781783787449","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781783787449_p0.jpg?v=1771563546","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781783787449","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}