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In a nutshell, the Iranian-born London-based journalist who authored this book was arrested for being a spy. He was accused of passing secrets to Jason Jones of The Daily Show. He was held and interrogated for 4 months in the same prison where his father had been imprisoned during the reign of the Shah of Iran and his sister during the times of the Iranian Revolution.
I said many prayers of gratitude that I live in the country that I do while reading this book. Even with all our supposed trouble ...more
I said many prayers of gratitude that I live in the country that I do while reading this book. Even with all our supposed trouble ...more
A beautiful memoir! Maziar Bahari is an excellent writer, and does a wonderful job of bringing the reader into his emotions and experiences throughout the book. (And there's also plenty of background information for those of us who aren't as informed about Iran as we should be!) His story really brings home the importance of freedom and democracy, as well as the difficulty and complexity of achieving them.
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