Make Believe: A True Story
Book by Diana Athill
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Publisher : Granta Books (May 2, 2023) Language : English Paperback : 160 pages ISBN-10 : 1783787449 ISBN-13 : 978-1783787449 Item Weight : 4.1 ounces Dimensions : 5.08 x 0.35 x 7.8 inches Best Sellers Rank: #7,034,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #26,979 in Author Biographies #51,162 in Women's Biographies #167,885 in Memoirs (Books) , 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 Jamal's, and separately Gail's, eventual murders. Read more
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