{"product_id":"lulu-in-marrakech-isbn-9780452295599","title":"Lulu in Marrakech","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Timely and provocatively incorrect.\"—\u003cb\u003eOprah.com \u003c\/b\u003e(Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two-time Pulitzer Prize and three-time National Book Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a mesmerizing novel of double standards and double agents \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, Diane Johnson brilliantly exposes the manners and morals of the cultural collision between Islam and the West. Lulu Sawyer arrives in Marrakech, Morocco, hoping to rekindle her romance with a worldly Englishman, Ian Drumm. It's the perfect cover for her assignment for the CIA: tracing the flow of money from well-heeled donors to radical Islamic groups. While spending her days poolside among Europeans in villas staffed by maids in abayas, and her nights at lively dinner parties, Lulu observes the fragile and tense coexistence of two cultures. But beneath the surface of this polite expatriate community lies a sinister world laced not only with double standards, but double agents. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohnson weaves a dazzling tale in the great tradition of works about naïve Americans abroad, with a fascinating new assortment of characters as well as witty and timely observations on the political and sexual complexities between Islamic and Western culture.“Timely and provocatively incorrect, \u003ci\u003eLulu in Marrakech\u003c\/i\u003e is part page-turning thriller, part in-depth examination of gender inequality and the ‘perennial eye infection of colonialism.’\"—\u003cb\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/b\u003e (Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “She has blended her interest in heavier issues with a lightness of touch… Johnson's novel is not only a gripping page-turner—I don't know when I last just plain enjoyed reading a novel as much as this one—but a serious examination of how a \"good person\" can get involved in some very dark things.”—\u003cb\u003eMartin Rubin, \u003ci\u003eSFGATE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “As the bemused observer of a complicated, chatty multicultural social set—and her own complicated romantic yearnings—[Lulu]’s a cool, self-aware delight.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Johnson breaks new ground by making her American expatriate a CIA spy in Morocco… As stimulating as Johnson’s previous work.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist, as well as many other novels, including \u003ci\u003ePersian Nights, Health and Happiness, Lying Low, The Shadow Knows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBurning\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003ePersian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and she co-authored the screenplay to \u003ci\u003eThe Shining \u003c\/i\u003ewith Stanley Kubrick. She divides her time between San Francisco and Paris.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303969837285,"sku":"NP9780452295599","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452295599.jpg?v=1767731967","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lulu-in-marrakech-isbn-9780452295599","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}