Publisher's Synopsis
This is the story of Chloe, an American in Iran just before the fall of the Shah, surviving in a stormy political climate. She observes the domestic manners of her compatriots as well as her Iranian hosts, forming an idea of life from half-understood fragments.;The author has written six novels including "Lying Low" and "The Shadow Knows" as well as two biographies: "Lesser Lives" and "The Life of Dashiell Hammett". She has collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on the screenplay for "The Shining" and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times.
