{"product_id":"9781783787494","title":"Ceremony of Innocence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Bunting, Madeleine (Y)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBahrain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 July 2021 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 222 x 38 | 510g\u003cp\u003eA Cambridge PhD student called Reem has gone missing in Egypt. Those close to her fear that her investigation into her family''s history in the Gulf has put her in danger. The trail leads back to Tehran in 1969, when diplomat Martin Wilcox Smith, frustrated by his career at the Foreign Office, looked for more lucrative opportunities in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, decisions taken by Martin and his charismatic wife Phoebe unexpectedly come home to roost: their niece takes in a Bahraini lodger who has reasons to question the immense wealth of the Wilcox Smiths, a quest shared with their daughter-in-law, a journalist who is determined to piece together what has happened to Reem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn evocative and engrossing story that travels between the Shah's Iran, modern Bahrain, London and the English countryside, Ceremony of Innocence explores one family''s ambition in the aftermath of empire and the establishment''s ruthless pursuit of power in the new world order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bunting, Madeleine (Y)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42538016571576,"sku":"9781783787494","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781783787494.jpg?v=1734713329","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781783787494","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}