
"Swift, hard-boiled novel...Shadowy zealots exist everywhere, whether in conference rooms or interrogation rooms or--most often--in rooms that can serve as both." --New York Times Book Review "Abdoh paints a gripping portrait of a nation awash in violence and crippled by corruption....Captivating."...

An Iranian American returns home to help a friend and finds his life in danger: "Remarkable...a smart, eloquent novel." (Dalia Sofer, author of The Septembers of Shiraz) The year is 2008. Reza Malek's life is modest but manageable - he lives in a small apartment...