TY  - BOOK
AU  - Navai,Ramita
TI  - City of lies: love, sex, death, and the search for truth in Tehran 
SN  - 1610395190
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Tehran (Iran)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-298); Dariush -- Somayeh -- Amir -- Bijan -- Leyla -- Morteza -- Asghar -- Farideh
N2  - "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"--
ER  -