{"product_id":"the-exotic-rissole-by-tanveer-ahmed-9781742232553","title":"The Exotic Rissole","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I put some rissoles in sandwiches for you two. Dig in. Lynchy grabbed two and handed me one. We bit into them while sipping our SodaStream-manufactured soft drink. A rush came over me as I tasted the spice-free rissole bursting across my taste buds. It was worth the wait. Can life be too spicy?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuffering from an overload of turmeric and the complexities of growing up in an immigrant Bangladeshi family in Sydney's west, eleven-year-old Tanveer Ahmed thinks it probably can. And so begins an unpredictable, and very entertaining, double life - sampling the delights of Aussie cuisine, joining a cricket team that gets mistaken for a terrorist group and a stint as a Bollywood-style game show host.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter discovering an aversion to dead bodies as a medical student, Tanveer, quite inevitably, decides he'll become a psychiatrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exotic Rissole\u003c\/em\u003e is an irreverent and very honest memoir. It's about the unexpected stories that emerge when cultures clash and the mix of identities that make up a life, held together loosely with breadcrumbs and egg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998689644780,"sku":"9781742232553","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8227213482808.jpg?v=1763226784","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-exotic-rissole-by-tanveer-ahmed-9781742232553","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}