{"product_id":"karachi-after-midnight-shams-tabrizi-9781970281057","title":"Karachi, After Midnight: Volume 2 - Part II: Tehzeeb-Ul-Ikhlaq Chowk","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gay man's online diary from Pakistan's dial-up era. This complete edition compiles all three parts of Volume Two: Becoming Gay, Tehzeeb-ul-Ikhlaq Chowk, and Flowers of Separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Part I, Shams drives through Clifton and Defence, racing through the city with friends and lingering at traffic signals a little too long; he writes of testosterone and instinct, desire everywhere and uncontained. In Part II, he moves through rage, boredom, prayer, and dry humor - Ramadan brings hunger, politics brings noise, and religious language slips in as habit, even sarcasm. In Part III, the year closes heavier: illness, funerals, fatigue, and depression settle in, and desire carries greater risk. Yet beauty still interrupts him - a stranger on the street, a room perfectly arranged. Fear and gratitude exist side by side as 2004 ends, without resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarachi, After Midnight is the record of a life: funny, searching, often heartbreaking, always real. Shams Tabrizi is a pseudonym.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shams Tabrizi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1970281057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970281057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Khajistan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Shams Tabrizi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997882495231,"sku":"9781970281057","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/karachi-after-midnight-shams-tabrizi-9781970281057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}