{"product_id":"impossible-man-michael-muhammad-knight-9781593762261","title":"Impossible Man","description":"Recognized by readers of his novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Taqwacores, \u003c\/i\u003e as the godfather of American Muslim punk, Michael Muhammad Knight is a voice for the growing number of teenagers who choose neither side of the \"Clash of Civilizations.\" Knight has now written his personal story, a chronicle of his bizarre and traumatic boyhood and his conversion to Islam during a turbulent adolescence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpossible Man\u003c\/i\u003e follows a boy's struggle in coming to terms with his father--a paranoid schizophrenic and white supremacist who had threatened to decapitate Michael when he was a baby--and his father's place in his own identity. It is also the story of a teenager's troubled path to maturity and the influences that steady him along the way. Knight's encounter with Malcolm X's autobiography transforms him from a disturbed teenager engaged in correspondence with Charles Manson to a zealous Muslim convert who travels to Pakistan and studies in a madrassa. Later disillusioned by radical religion, he again faces the crisis of self-definition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all its extremes, \u003ci\u003eImpossible Man\u003c\/i\u003e describes a universal journey: a wounded boy in search of a working model of manhood, going to outrageous lengths to find it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Muhammad Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593762267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593762261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.48w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2009 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 38","brand":"Michael Muhammad Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450182791423,"sku":"9781593762261","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af29d5f8-bc97-4d1f-90a8-742b658bda72.jpg?v=1698503266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/impossible-man-michael-muhammad-knight-9781593762261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}