{"product_id":"karachi-after-midnight-volume-2-part-1","title":"Karachi, After Midnight Volume 2 Part 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gay man’s online diary from Pakistan’s dial-up era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 2—PART I compiles Shams’s entries from January to April 2004.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"415\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eThe first part of Volume 2 begins at night. Shams drives through Clifton and Defence, racing through the city with friends and lingering at traffic signals a little too long. He writes of testosterone and instinct. Desire feels everywhere, uncontained: in chatrooms, in passing glances, and in strangers on motorcycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"591\" data-start=\"417\"\u003eOne night, he attends a gay party. It is not grand or cinematic. It is awkward and observant. Yet for him, that night marks a crossing from imagining desire to inhabiting it. He notices the way Karachi becomes a stage after sunset and the pull of the city after midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pioneer Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41391886762042,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0141\/3690\/1690\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-04at4.02.01PM.png?v=1778704310","url":"https:\/\/store.pioneerworks.org\/products\/karachi-after-midnight-volume-2-part-1","provider":"Pioneer Works","version":"1.0","type":"link"}