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Night in Tehran

By: Philip Kaplan
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Summary

Based on historic events and frighteningly relevant to today’s headlines - a taut thriller about one American diplomat’s year of living dangerously in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution....

In the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller - based on real events - places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by a beautiful and engaging French journalist he suspects is a spy, David Weiseman’s mission is to ease the Shah of Iran out of power and find the best alternative between the military, religious extremists, and the political ruling class - many of whom are simultaneously trying to kill him.

©2020 Philip Kaplan (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing

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Night in Tehran

Excellent in every respect , the combination of fact and dramatic embellishment works very well indeed .

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Very interesting

Great insight in how governments influence each other and the difficulties what comes within. Read it with pleasure

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Tedious and dull

Apologies - I really tried to get interested but my patience ran out in Chapter 7.

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Mediocre

Predictable and dull story of American spy set in the Iranian revolution of the Ayatollah.

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An outstanding work

Seldom has a book so exceeded my expectations (based in part on negative reviews — indeed I would probably have missed out on it had it not been free, though I now would gladly use a credit on it, even two!).

For those seeking thrilling action, this is not the best choice, so I can understand the disappointment of the critical reviewers. For those like me who like spy novels but are interested even more in history, this novel is unusually satisfying. It evokes convincingly and vividly the Islamic takeover of Iran and the ensuing hostage-taking of American embassy personnel that contributed to Jimmy Carter losing the presidency. I remember hearing about these events on the French radio without understanding their full import. This book unexpectedly filled in all that I missed 43 years ago and much more besides. I enjoyed every word, doubly so, thanks to Stefan Rudnicki who is one of my favorite readers (though he needs work on pronouncing French).

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  • 23-02-22

Hope to see more from this author!

Historically accurate and compelling. I'm eagerly awaiting the next release from this author.

Well done!

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  • mathew
  • 20-11-22

Captivating

Great story and superb narration. Kaplan weaves a compelling tale of intrigue and espionage.

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  • 22-09-22

overall enjoyable but with many issues

for the good I would say it makes you feel like you're in Iran and the narrator, (who also did blitzed I think) was well suited for the role. and the plot it self was interesting.

the bad? they would change location out of nowhere and so fast and sudden it will leave you wondering "where we are again?', it's too long in some places and to short in others and it gives characters this big introduction then you never see them again for half the book, then it reintroduces them exciting you to remember everything about them.

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  • Scott C Atkins
  • 01-08-22

The untold story of what happened

This behind the scenes story of what happened in Iran leading up to 1980, is narrated through a first person account with fax mixed in with storyline.
the rider brings the reader along in a great saga, well mixing in dates and names that let you know what parts are true and what parts are story.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 13-06-22

Fantastic book

I've listened to many books with audible and this one is the best ever

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