Product Description

The Promessa, a 1970s cocktail bar, is to be reopened in Tehran. Not as the glamorous location it once was, but as a slick showroom for art, fashion, and corporate receptions - a heady mix of profit, culture, and metropolitan swagger.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1039149 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .59" h x 5.01" w x 7.88" l, .72 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

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Review
'The most surprising novel I've read in recent years. Entertainingly packaged as a bizarre thriller, it comes from the most unexpected corner of the world. A great way to learn something about Tehran today.' Andrei Kurkov'Funny, cynical and sharp.' Tom McCarthy

Andrei Kurkov
`The most surprising novel I've read in recent years.'

About the Author
Tirdad Zolghadr is an independent critic and curator born in 1973. Aside from the field of contemporary art, Zolghadr has worked in journalism, translation and documentary film. He is also a founding member of the Shahrzad art & design collective.