The Viper of Kerman

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A powerful cleric with massive commercial and military influence, Ayatollah Ali Baharvand has stepped down as one of Tehran's nuclear negotiators.

Sickened by the stagnation of a revolution that never elevated his country to the heights it deserved, he plans to seize power and strike his own deal with the West.

But can he be trusted And what does he really want

Christian Oliver's vivid debut novel charts Baharvand's plot through the eyes of MI6 officers, diplomats and journalists. It gives a rare insight into the culture, social life and psychology of this much misunderstood nation.

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"Excellent addition to Iran's current and sparse fiction list. . . . Mr. Oliver makes scathing cultural observations about the demented megalopolis that is Tehran." "Washington Times""

Author Bio

Christian Oliver was born in Nottingham in 1978 and brought up in Devon. After Classics at Oxford and an intensive Arabic diploma, he joined Reuters serving as their Iran correspondent from 2003-6, a chaotic period in which he covered the Bam earthquake, two disputed elections and civil unrest. From 2006-7, he was senior correspondent for Venezuela and Ecuador. He is currently based in Seoul as the Financial Times correspondent for North and South Korea.