City of Lies

Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran

13,95 €

inkl. MwSt. und Versand · Lieferzeit 1–2 Werktage

Gesetzliche Gewährleistung: 2 Jahre · Details

Auf Lager

Beschreibung

<p><b>A <i>SPECTATOR </i>AND <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK</b><br><br><b>'Timely and beautifully written' </b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>'<b>Phenomenal. An extraordinary insight into a country barely known - and often feared - by the West' </b><i>Vogue</i><br><br>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.<br><br>Based on extensive interviews, Tehran-born and award-winning reporter Ramita Navai chronicles the lives of eight men and women drawn from across the spectrum of Iranian society. <i>City of Lies</i> reveals what it is to live, love and survive in one of the world's most repressive regimes.<br><br><b>'Utterly compelling' </b><i>Daily Mail</i><br><br><b>'Gripping, a dark, delicious unveiling . . . Deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' </b>Simon Sebag Montefiore</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781780225128

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Group