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Description for The Poet Game
Paperback. In the wake of the bombing of the World Trade Center, New York has become ground zero for an intricate web of betrayals and double crosses in the shadowy world of Islamic radicalism. Sami Amir arrives in Brooklyn and enters a world of militants and spies. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
In the wake of the World Trade Centre bombing of 1993, Samir Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and into a world of militants, arms suppliers, and spies. An operative from a hidden branch of the Iranian counter-intelligence apparatus, Sami is sent to the States to investigate rumours of terrorist plots that are to culminate around Christmas and New Year. But before long, Sami intuits that he has been set up; and at the same time he falls in love with Ellena, a poet and part-time stripper. When the truth of his mission becomes clear, Sami resolves to stop the ... Read more
In the wake of the World Trade Centre bombing of 1993, Samir Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and into a world of militants, arms suppliers, and spies. An operative from a hidden branch of the Iranian counter-intelligence apparatus, Sami is sent to the States to investigate rumours of terrorist plots that are to culminate around Christmas and New Year. But before long, Sami intuits that he has been set up; and at the same time he falls in love with Ellena, a poet and part-time stripper. When the truth of his mission becomes clear, Sami resolves to stop the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571210367
SKU
KSS0001808
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Salar Abdoh
Salar Abdoh is a graduate of the University of California at Berkely, and of the Creative Writing program at City College of New York. Born in Iran, he now lives in New York City.
Reviews for The Poet Game
'The spy novel is given fresh legs with this thriller about New York-based Muslim radicals, arms dealers, and an Iranian double agent.' Daily Mirror; 'An original, fast-paced spy thriller...now being hailed as one of the hottest fictional arrivals of the season. Abdoh is certainly a writer to watch.' The Times