City of lies
Subtitle: love, sex, death, and the search for truth in Tehran
By: Ramita Navai
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781610395199
Subjects: Social conditions; Social life and customs
Description: "Rich, absorbing, and exotic, City of Lies travels up and down Vali Asr Street, Tehran's pulsing thoroughfare, from the lavish shopping malls of Tajrish through the smog that lingers over the alleyways and bazaars of the city's southern districts. Ramita Navai gives voice to ordinary Iranians forced to live extraordinary lives: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the state who ends up working for the Republic, the dutiful housewife who files for divorce, and the old-time thug running a gambling den."--
Table of contents: title: Dariush; title: Somayeh; title: Amir; title: Bijan; title: Leyla; title: Morteza; title: Asghar; title: Farideh.