{"product_id":"in-the-rose-garden-of-the-martyrs-a-memoir-of-iran-9780060935368","title":"In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the \"Axis of Evil\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe Bellaigue, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChristopher de Bellaigue has worked as a journalist in South Asia and the Middle East, writing for the \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. His first book, \u003cem\u003eIn the Rose Garden of the Martyrs\u003c\/em\u003e, was short-listed for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize, and his second, \u003cem\u003eRebel Land\u003c\/em\u003e, was short-listed for the 2010 Orwell Prize. He and his wife divide their time between London and Tehran.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409428123922,"sku":"9780060935368","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_469b8771-8bc5-4b3e-9e5b-c66b078cb57c.jpg?v=1729287152","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-rose-garden-of-the-martyrs-a-memoir-of-iran-9780060935368","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}