City of lies
love, sex, death and the search for truth in Tehran
by Ramita Navai
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This is Real Tehran: A City that is hidden from view and rarely written about, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and subterfuge. It is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is uploaded to the Internet and sold in the bazaars.
Plotted around the city's great central thoroughfare, Vali Asr Street, City of Lies chronicles the lives of eight protagonists drawn from across the spectrum of Iranian society. This is a world of gangsters, socialites, dutiful housewives and volunteer militiamen -- ordinary people forced to lead extraordinary lives.
Based on extensive interviews and research, City of Lies is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of modern Iran, and of what it is to live, love and survive under one of the world's most repressive regimes. --Book Jacket.
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Social conditions, Social life and customs, Tehran (Iran), 21st century, Iran, Tehran (Iran) Social conditions 21st century, Tehran (Iran) Social life and customs 21st century, Manners and customs, Iran, social conditions, Iran, social life and customs, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Tehran (Iran) -- Social conditions -- 21st century, Tehran (Iran) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century, Iran -- TehranPlaces
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"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."--
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