{"product_id":"book-agh9","title":"Open Letter","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn impassioned defense of the freedom of speech, from Stéphane Charbonnier, a journalist murdered for his convictions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: \"Charb.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Known by his pen name, Stèphane Charbonnier was editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e, an outspoken critic of religious fundamentalism, and a renowned political cartoonist in his own right. In the past, he had received death threats and had even earned a place on Al Qaeda's Most Wanted List. On January 7 it seemed that Charb's enemies had finally succeeded in silencing him. But in a twist of fate befitting Charb's defiant nature, it was soon revealed that he had finished a book just two days before his murder on the very issues at the heart of the attacks: blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the necessary courage of satirists.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here, published for the first time in English, is Charb's final work. A searing criticism of hypocrisy and racism, and a rousing, eloquent defense of free speech, \u003ci\u003eOpen Letter\u003c\/i\u003e shows Charb's words to be as powerful and provocative as his art. This is an essential book about race, religion, the voice of ethnic minorities and majorities in a pluralistic society, and above all, the right to free expression and the surprising challenges being leveled at it in our fraught and dangerous time.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349583307056,"sku":"BDagh9","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/agh9-cover.jpg?v=1761946199","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-agh9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}