{"product_id":"shake-off-1","title":"Shake Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Hiller recalls the cool detachment and compelling eye for the ordinary detail that characterised the early thrillers of Graham Greene.\"--Sholto Byrnes, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hiller's fiction joins great Arabic novels such as \u003ci\u003eLove in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e by Bahaa Taher, Egyptian winner of the inaugural 'Arabic Booker' prize in 2008, and Elias Khoury's \u003ci\u003eGate of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e . His own strengths are understated humour and an eye for irony.\"--Maya Jaggi, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Powerful and thought-provoking, this is a book that stays with the reader. Mr. Hiller's \u003ci\u003eShake Off\u003c\/i\u003e is hard to shake off.--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondon 1989: Michel is an undercover PLO operative hooked on painkillers and posing as a student. He is tasked by mentor Abu Leila to find a venue for secret Palestinian-Israeli talks. But fellow student Helen, forbidden fruit in this clandestine world, is proving to be a distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichel is forced to go on the run when he takes possession of a package smuggled out of the Cccupied Territories and linked to an assassination in Berlin--a package that both the Israelis and the Palestinians are desperate to get hold of.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the streets of London, Cambridge, and Berlin to the remotest areas of Scotland, Michel must use his KGB training and Helen's help to shake off his pursuers and stay one step ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMischa Hiller\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England in 1962 and grew up in London, Dar es Salaam, and Beirut. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eSabra Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Europe and South Asia) in March 2011. He lives in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Thrillers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Telegram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781846590887\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Telegram","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917767721137,"sku":"SB-1846590884-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1846590884.jpg?v=1789174337","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/shake-off-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}