In the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller - based on real events - places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by a beautiful and engaging French journalist he suspects is a spy.
Night in Tehran
β Scribed by Philip Kaplan
- Book ID
- 110877165
- Publisher
- Melville House
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781612198514
- ASIN
- B07ZN32SLD
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β¦ Synopsis
Based on historic events, and frighteningly relevant to today's headlines β a taut thriller about one American diplomatβs year of living dangerously in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution β¦
In the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller β based on real events β places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by a beautiful and engaging French journalist he suspects is a spy, David Weiseman's mission is to ease the Shah of Iran out of power and find the best alternative between the military, religious extremists, and the political ruling class β many of whom are simultaneously trying to kill him.
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