Rooftops Of Tehran (2009)

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Author

Mahbod Seraji

Genre

Romance

Rating

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

045122681X (ISBN13: 9780451226815)

Language

English

Publisher

NAL Trade

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About book Rooftops Of Tehran (2009)

A lively and touching story of growing up under a repressive political regime that tries to control all aspects of its citizens' lives. The friendship between the two 17-year old boys, Pasha and Ahmed, is believable and funny. Both fall in love with young women who at least for a while they think they cannot have a relationship with because the girls are engaged to other men. The story takes a sad and dark turn as politics enters the picture and the Shah's secret police start investigating one of their friends. The ending was the only part of the book that didn't ring true. The author does a phenomenal job depicting 17 year old boys. Even as they are processing very serious events most adults don't deal with they digress to just being boys interested in sex and rivalry. I learned that the revolt against the shah began to develop earlier than I'd realized. The story is basically ok but the fact that Zari didn't die was obvious from the beginning. And the fact that her actions were disproportionate to her beliefs and to her feelings toward doctor are to me fatal flaws in the plot.