{"product_id":"the-influence-peddlers-hdi-kaddour-9780300222883","title":"The Influence Peddlers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eagerly awaited English translation of Kaddour's award-winning novel of clashing cultures during the French colonial years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gather together French colonialists, young nationalists eager for independence, and local Maghreb leaders in a small North African city of the 1920s. Bring a collection of brash American filmmakers and celebrities into the picture. Dangerous cultural collisions are the inevitable result in H di Kaddour's best-selling novel of French colonial rule and its persisting legacy of human chaos and cultural tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this commanding novel, the author plumbs the contradictions of colonialism and the impact on individual lives. With insight, humor, and a profound sense of irony he introduces \u003ci\u003eLes Pr pond rants\u003c\/i\u003e--\"The Preponderants,\" an unofficial group of peddlers of influence who operate at every level of colonial society. American \"Hollywood\" values, Islamic and secular politics, French manners--none of them escapes Kaddour's skewering wit. Filled with rich irony and wonderful characters, this is a novel that grapples forcefully with colonial relations in the Arabic, North African, and French worlds, while also journeying into the simmering Europe and United States of the Roaring Twenties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H馘i Kaddour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300222882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300222883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"H馘i Kaddour","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080258154751,"sku":"9780300222883","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e0f5f3e-df5c-4f2e-9103-4c26957a009a.jpg?v=1685485807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-influence-peddlers-hdi-kaddour-9780300222883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}