Your travel fiction guide

Wow! What a fascinating time it is to be reading books set in Iran – a country very much defined by its 1979 revolution. As people take to the streets in Tunisia and Egypt, it is impossible not to compare the situation with Iran. While there are many differences – perhaps one of the most [...]

And so we move headlong into January and some books set in Iran for our World Party Reading Challenge this month. I have been particularly looking forward to this challenge for a number of reasons. I am not sure I have ever read a book set in Iran. There is a lot of history which is [...]