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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.
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
I simply devour crime mysteries and spy thrillers all the time, and could easily have chosen my three best of the year. But I become even more deeply invested in a bittersweet love story. Who isn’t. Katie Khan’s debut novel is just that – unique and serenely beautiful, gripping and deeply emotional. This is about true love, selfless love, spinning together out of control and so completely alone in the deep void of space – with just 90 minutes of air remaining. It is set not too far in the future and is hugely plausible. Tragedy is always present, love is forever timeless. I rarely read a book at one sitting – this one I did.
'A high-stakes, high-concept love story from a bold new talent.' Matt Haig
Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left. None of this was supposed to happen. Adrift in space with nothing to hold on to but each other, Carys and Max can't help but look back at the world they left behind. A world whose rules they couldn't submit to, a place where they never really belonged; a home they're determined to get back to because they've come too far to lose each other now.
