{"product_id":"9780861540877","title":"The Khan","description":"\u003cp\u003eBe twice as good as men and four times as good as white men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJia Khan has always lived like this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA successful lawyer, her London life is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father headed up the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now her father, Akbar Khan, has been murdered and Jia must return to take his place. In the past, the police relied on him to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a power struggle has broken out amongst the various communities and now, nobody is safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJustice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a price.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaima Mir has written for The Times, Guardian and Independent. Her essay for It's Not About The Burqa (Picador) appeared in Guardian Weekend and received over 250,000 hits online in two days. She has also contributed to the anthology The Best, Most Awful Job: Twenty Mothers Talk Honestly About Motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaima grew up in Bradford and now lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Saima+Mir\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSaima Mir\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Saima Mir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378844975267,"sku":"9780861540877","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780861540877_25c17ce9-b690-4e8e-9d5f-7b3cc02d8660.jpg?v=1776516687","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780861540877","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}