"A gift both to readers fascinated by other cultures and to lovers of fiction for fiction's sake."
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The Washington Post Book World Readers can gain a more balanced impression of Iran from this novel, which looks at life from the kind of humorous perspective few Westerners may associate with the current regime in that country."
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The Christian Science Monitor "A masterpiece of contemporary world fiction."
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Baltimore Sun "Howlingly funny . . . [a] tender, salacious and magical Iranian import."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer "A giddily uproarious mixture of farce and slapstick."
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The Atlantic
