{"product_id":"close-sesame-nuruddin-farah-9781555971625","title":"Close Sesame","description":"\u003cp\u003eFarah's landmark Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy is comprised by the novels Sweet and Sour Milk, Sardines, and Close Sesame. In this volume, the third and final book in the series, the characters are deeply entwined in the waking nightmare of a police state. An old man finds himself poised in mortal combat with an elusive and cunning enemy in an atmosphere where the distinction between public and private justice is always obscured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose Sesame is a novel that offers \"an eloquent indictment of the tyrannies committed both under Islamic law and in the name of Socialism\" (The Observer).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nuruddin Farah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555971628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555971625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.03w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/1992","brand":"Nuruddin Farah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995061649663,"sku":"9781555971625","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecf82414-244a-4a8b-b173-4ff44e819f63.jpg?v=1683333699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/close-sesame-nuruddin-farah-9781555971625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}