{"product_id":"shattered-hanif-kureishi","title":"Shattered, Hanif Kureishi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2025From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. ‘I’ve never felt tempted to use the word “inspirational” about a book, and promise I never will again, but it’s the only word I can think of to describe Shattered’ Lynn Barber, The Spectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImagine your life changing in a second: one minute you are watching the football with a beer, the next you are on the floor in a pool of blood, deprived of the use of your arms and legs. This fall renders you paralysed, robbed of your independence, entirely reliant on others for everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis happened to writer Hanif Kureishi on Boxing Day 2022. His account of what happened and its aftermath is a unique, riveting and frequently riotous account of a year-long odyssey home through five hospitals. From despair to hope, rage to courage, it might be the most truthful, and the funniest, medical disaster story ever written.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56891392098681,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/0124\/1465\/files\/shattered.jpg?v=1774264414","url":"https:\/\/arcadebookshop.com\/products\/shattered-hanif-kureishi","provider":"Arcade Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}