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In Make Believe, Diana Athill, acclaimed author of Instead of a Letter and Stet, remembers her turbulent friendship with Hakim Jamal, a young black convert to the teachings of Malcolm X, whom she met in London in the late 1960s. Despite a desperately troubled youth, he became an eloquent spokesman for the black underclass, was Jean Seberg's lover and published a book about Malcolm X, before descending into a mania that had him believing he was God. A witness to his struggles, Diana Athill writes with her characteristic honesty about her entanglement with Jamal, Jamal's relationship with the daughter of a British MP, Gail Benson, and the couple's eventual murder.Product Identifiers
PublisherGranta Books
ISBN-139781847086327
eBay Product ID (ePID)117453010
Product Key Features
Book TitleMake Believe: a True Story
AuthorDiana Athill
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Sciences
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDiana Athill
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom