{"product_id":"picture-in-the-sand-paperback","title":"Picture in the Sand - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Blauner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book.\" --Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Blauner's epic \u003ci\u003ePicture in the Sand\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9\/11 world\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he's run off to the Middle East to join a holy war instead. When he refuses to communicate with everyone else, his loving grandfather Ali emails him one last plea. If Alex will stay in touch, his grandfather will share with Alex - and only Alex - a manuscript containing the secret story of his own life that he's kept hidden from his family, until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the tale of his romantic and heartbreaking past rooted in Hollywood and the post-revolutionary Egypt of the 1950s, when young Ali was a movie fanatic who attained a dream job working for the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille on the set of his epic film, \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e. But Ali's vision of a golden future as an American movie mogul gets upended when he is unwittingly caught up in a web of politics, espionage, and real-life events that change the course of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a narrative he's told no one for more than a half-century. But now he's forced to unearth the past to save a young man who's about to make the same tragic mistakes he made so long ago.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Blauner is an Edgar-winning, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several other novels, including \u003ci\u003eSlow Motion Riot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Intruder\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into twenty languages. \u003ci\u003ePicture in the Sand \u003c\/i\u003eis the culmination of two decades of writing and research that took him from Brooklyn to Cairo a half-dozen times. His most recent novel \u003ci\u003eSunrise Highway\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Minotaur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749046747424,"sku":"9781250904133","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25493e7c8c775253a3f5cbeb52104587.webp?v=1779923875","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/picture-in-the-sand-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}