Shah of Shahs - Hardcover

Kapuscinski, Ryszard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 015181483X ISBN 13: 9780151814831

Publisher: Harcourt, 1985

Synopsis

The noted Polish foreign correspondent combines factual reportage and first-hand impressions to build a reflective account of the Shah of Iran, his final weeks in power, and the revolution that sent him into exile

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Review

" A book of great economy and power...with vivid imagery, a breathless way of writing that carries the reader along, and a supreme sense of the absurd." -- "New Republic"
" Like Sir Richard Butron, Evelyn Waugh and Mungo Park, [Kapuscinski] makes literature out of journalism." -- "Newsweek"
" Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant." -- "The New York Times Book Review"
" A supercharged particle of a book." -- "Los Angeles Times"

"A book of great economy and power...with vivid imagery, a breathless way of writing that carries the reader along, and a supreme sense of the absurd." --New Republic"Like Sir Richard Butron, Evelyn Waugh and Mungo Park, [Kapuscinski] makes literature out of journalism." --Newsweek"Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant." --The New York Times Book Review"A supercharged particle of a book." --Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland's most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932 in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus) and spent four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. He is also the author of Imperium, Another Day of Life, and The Soccer War. His books have been translated into 28 languages. Kapuscinski died in 2007.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 015181483X
• ISBN 13: 9780151814831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1