{"product_id":"the-jaguar-smile-by-salman-rushdie-9780099285229","title":"The Jaguar Smile","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary and vivid introduction to the country of Nicaragua and its politics from the Booker-winning author of \u003cem\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Salman Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986. What he discovered was overwhelming - a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions, of strange heroes and warrior-poets. Rushdie came to know an enormous range of people, from the foreign minister, a priest, to the midwife who kept a pet cow in her living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis perceptions, always heightened by his sensitivity and his unique flair for language, are vividly expressed in \u003cem\u003eThe Jaguar Smile\u003c\/em\u003e. Rushdie brings us the true Nicaragua, where nothing is simple, everything is contested, and life-or-death struggles are an everyday occurrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Stirring and original'\u003c\/em\u003e - New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A masterpiece of sympathetic yet critical reporting'\u003c\/em\u003e - Edward Said\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072376258796,"sku":"9780099285229","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8941123482223.jpg?v=1765099700","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-jaguar-smile-by-salman-rushdie-9780099285229","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}