{"product_id":"the-true-true-story-of-raja-the-gullible-and-his-mother-by-rabih-alameddine-1","title":"The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e In this lively new work, Alameddine returns to Beirut-the setting of his breakout novel An Unnecessary Woman-and delivers a compulsively readable story of a winning duo navigating modern life in Lebanon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and \"the neighborhood homosexual,\" Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son's desire for privacy as a personal affront. She demands to know every detail of Raja's work life and love life, boundaries be damned. When Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn't be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja itching for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTold in Raja's irresistible and wickedly funny voice, the novel dances across six decades to tell the unforgettable story of a singular life and its absurdities-a tale of mistakes, self-discovery, trauma, and maybe even forgiveness. Above all, The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) is a wildly unique and sparkling celebration of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePaperback \/ 323 pages \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58526803657085,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_1.gif?v=1758016236","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.co.uk\/products\/the-true-true-story-of-raja-the-gullible-and-his-mother-by-rabih-alameddine-1","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}