City of lies : love, sex, death, and the search for truth in Tehran /
Navai, Ramita,
City of lies : love, sex, death, and the search for truth in Tehran / Love, sex, death and the search for truth in Tehran Search for truth in Tehran Ramita Navai. - First edition. - xiii, 301 pages : map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-298)..
Dariush -- Somayeh -- Amir -- Bijan -- Leyla -- Morteza -- Asghar -- Farideh.
"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"--
1610395190 9781610395199 $26.99
2014942565
Tehran (Iran)--Social conditions--21st century.
Tehran (Iran)--Social life and customs--21st century.
City of lies : love, sex, death, and the search for truth in Tehran / Love, sex, death and the search for truth in Tehran Search for truth in Tehran Ramita Navai. - First edition. - xiii, 301 pages : map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-298)..
Dariush -- Somayeh -- Amir -- Bijan -- Leyla -- Morteza -- Asghar -- Farideh.
"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"--
1610395190 9781610395199 $26.99
2014942565
Tehran (Iran)--Social conditions--21st century.
Tehran (Iran)--Social life and customs--21st century.