{"product_id":"karachi-vice-samira-shackle-9781783785407","title":"Karachi Vice","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarachi. Pakistan's largest city is a sprawling metropolis of 20 million people. It is a place of political turbulence where those who have power wield it with brutal and partisan force, a place where it pays to have friends in the right places and to avoid making deadly enemies. It is a society where lavish wealth and absolute poverty live side by side, and where the lines between idealism and corruption can quickly blur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes an insider to know what makes Karachi tick, and in this powerful debut, Samira Shackle explores the city of her mother's birth in the company of a handful of Karachiites. Among them are a committed ambulance driver, an outspoken activist, and a hardened journalist, all of whom find themselves in daily danger. As their individual experiences unfold, so Shackle tells the bigger story of Karachi over the past decade: a period in which the Taliban arrive in Pakistan, adding to the daily perils for its residents and pushing their city into the international spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWriting with intimate local knowledge and a global perspective, Shackle paints a nuanced and vivid portrait of one of the most complex, most compelling cities in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samira Shackle","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43423177834739,"sku":"9781783785407","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781783785407.jpg?v=1666985354","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/karachi-vice-samira-shackle-9781783785407","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}