{"product_id":"hooks","title":"Hooks","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen West meets East in India, tradition, modernity, and necessity cast disturbing slants on the truth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Georgia accepts the assignment to research prostitution in India, she enters blithely, confident of her ability to remain objective in the face of the difficult subject matter. Provided with an Indian guide, Karma, Georgia feels that she is in control of her well-being and safety. But India, being India, soon overwhelms her preconceptions as Karma’s first attempt to facilitate her assignment is to arrange for her to witness an encounter between a prostitute and a john.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in two voices, Georgia’s and Karma’s, \u003ci\u003eHooks \u003c\/i\u003egrapples with the discrepancies between a Western and an Eastern take on prostitution in a country where tradition, modernity, and necessity cast disturbing slants on the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA morality tale told from vastly different personal circumstances and orientations, \u003ci\u003eHooks \u003c\/i\u003edraws in the uninitiated Georgia, as she in turn helps the grieving Karma to realize a route away from his spoiled hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224432562520,"sku":"9781459701564","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781459701564.jpg?v=1765270827","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hooks","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}