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I generally have both a fiction and non-fiction book on the go at the same time. One for easy nighttime reading, and one for more earnest contemplation and edification through the day. Ravita Navai’s first book, for which she won the Royal Society Award for non-fiction, amongst other acclaims, was rather more than I bargained for. It is excellent, deeply troubling and strongly feminist. Based on interviews with eight Iranian men and women of all persuasions, she vividly dissects and exposes the cynicism and dishonesty so rampant in Iran today. The book’s subtitle is ‘Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran’. It is this indeed, and much more besides.
'Phenomenal. An extraordinary insight into a country barely known - an often feared - by the West' Vogue
'Utterly compelling' Daily Mail
'Gripping, a dark, delicious unveiling . . . Deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' Simon Sebag Montefiore
Welcome to Tehran, a city where survival depends on a network of subterfuge. Here is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is sold in the sprawling bazaars; a place where ordinary people are forced to lead extraordinary lives.
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
I love a book with new ideas that challenge, novel glimpses into the near future, and a taste of ethical dilemmas. And a new author to discover. This is only Lynn Watson’s second novel – a beautifully scripted, gentle masterpiece of intrigue that has it all. It is set in an all too realistic 2048, where medical science has advanced, diseases are a thing of the past (at least for some), and radical life extension is becoming possible. As ever, it is about power and wealth, corporate intrigue and self-interest versus the good of society. The cybirds are an inspired vision of runaway AI. The characters at Wellowfern are well developed and comfortable, almost our friends, but we also know there is a world outside, a world of great suffering. Where do our morals lie?
In 2048, medical science has overcome all the diseases and limiting conditions of old age. In the exclusive community of Wellowfern, radical life extension has turned from distant dream to near reality and competing forces are lining up to impose their widely different visions of the future. Isabel is a loyal and influential resident who knows about corporate intrigue and the power of self-interest. She now has to figure out who is pulling the strings, which side she is on and how best to defend her safe haven and her eccentric, misfit friends, as the high-level infighting threatens to overwhelm…
