false 1 2 2 true 6793639 read 0 true 2965288 currently-reading 0 true 2965287 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28997923 to: Elmer Gantry (Hardcover) by Sinclair Lewis
One impression I got from this book is how similar the evangelist Gantry and his coherts are to the Taliban. The evangelists in Lewis' book would do exactly what the Taliban has done or are currently doing in the middle east, imposing their interpretation of god's rules upon everyone, believer or not. They both endorse morality police and have ambitions to rule the world as they see fit. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28996634 to: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback) by Azar Nafisi
The version I "read" was from Audible.com, read by Lisette Lecat. Though I haven't read Lolita, this lack didn't keep me from appreciating the way the story was used to compare life in Iran under religious oppression to that of Lolita's life under her personal oppressor. I have read many of the other stories that Nafisi uses to illustrate points. I felt myself become attached to the author and her students as I listened to the story. when it ended I didn't want to let go. ]]>