Ryszard Kapuscinski: Shah of Shahs (Penguin Modern Classics) [2006] paperback Condition:New A gripping near-future thriller: love

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Ryszard Kapuscinski: Shah of Shahs (Penguin Modern Classics) [2006] paperback Condition:New A gripping near-future thriller: loveShah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. Here, Kapuscinski describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power a vain hope that proves a complete failure. Yet even as Iran becomes a 'behemoth of riches' and as