{"product_id":"the-sexual-life-of-an-islamist-in-paris","title":"The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eBasile Tocquard is handsome  wealthy  Parisian bank manager. Born in Algeria  his life was once devoted to Sundays with his mother  family reunions  pious sobriety  and devout Islamism. But now the time has come for him to find a suitable apartment in the trendiest neighborhood in Paris  for aperitifs at the Deux Magots and the Caf de Flore  for shopping sprees at the most exclusive boutiques in Paris. And for a sex life free of prohibitions! Thus his adventures begin. Unfortuntely for him  but to the delight of the reader  his story is filtered through a rather unsympathetic female narrator who refuses to show our hero the attention he feels he deserves.  The results are amusing  bizarre  and increasingly delusional. This exhilarating novel about traditions and modernity  obligation and emancipation  speaks to what it means to live in a society where cultures and ideologies often clash. With this portrait of a man balanced between two worldsone in which heis both liberated and successful  the other in which he is conditioned by religion  family  and a hilariously overbearing motherLela Marouane establishes herself as an original and talented chronicler of modern mans maladies and taboos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947614302261,"sku":"ByrdShop_1933372850","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781933372853.jpg?v=1770021095","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sexual-life-of-an-islamist-in-paris","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}