Tehran at Twilight (Paperback)

from snora

In 2008, Malek receives a phone call from a close friend in Iran asking him to return to Tehran. Malek returns to Tehran and becomes embroiled in his friend's espionage. Simultaneously, Malek is reunited with his long lost mother. There are many twists and turns in the plot as Malek travels back ...

from mohitgoel

I got this book as part of LT early reviewers giveaway. I have been a big fan of books from various Iranian authors so I picked this up with a lot of hope. The book is pretty well written. However, the story just didn't do it for me. I failed to identify or empathize with the characters. While th...

from BettyTaylor56

"Tehran at Twilight" is very well written; however, I just could not get into the story. It really seemed to drag for me. The tone of the book is a combination of tenseness and mystery. Most of the book is on Malek trying to figure out what his friend Sina is up to. Sina has asked Malek to be the...

from gendeg

Tehran at Twilight by Salar Abdoh is a bare-bones political thriller that alternates between New York City and Tehran. Malek, a journalism professor teaching in the Big Apple is contacted by his best friend, Sina, a former classmate at UC-Berkeley. Sina asks him to meet him in Iran to discuss a b...

from seeword

Reza Malek, an Iranian born American, returns to Tehran after a frantic call from his friend, Sina Vafa. Sina is vague about his problem but insists that he needs Reza's help. He steps into a world of intrigue and double-dealing with shady characters as part of an apparent scheme to recover the a...