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Book Info

FICTION
JUNE 2007
13X20 CM
PAPERBACK
200PP £8.99
ISBN: 1846590205

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• Book Info
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• Reviews

About the Author

Tirdad Zolghadr was born in 1973, spent his early childhood in Tehran and then grew up an airline brat in various European and African cities. He works mainly as a freelance critic/curator and writes regularly for frieze magazine. His most recent film, 'Tropical Modernism' addresses the history of the Iranian left and was premiered at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival 2006.

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Excerpt from Softcore

In the years following the revolution, Tarofi was a notorious political figure, a mullah, traveling judge and henchman in one. Along with other supporters of the budding Islamic Republic, Tarofi took it upon himself to rid the fledgling state of its enemies in an uncomplicated, down-to-earth manner.

Tarofi insists on speaking English. He sounds a lot like Joe Cocker.

'Europe very good nice. Very nice, very good,' he croaks. 'Learn English Birmingham.'

'Birmingham. So you've been to England.'

'Yes. I go Switzerland for gon.'

'Gun?'

'Yes. Go for buy gon. Engineers ABB. Brown Bovering.'

'Guns for whom?'

'Gons for Iran. Very good nice.'

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Reviews

'A sharp and well-timed novel...Zolghadar delights in his use of a cheeky, bold narrative voice. There is no doubting Softcore's offer of a fresh, unique glimpse of Iran– itself a considerable feat, given the relentless scrutiny under which it has been placed in recent years. The vibrant and colourful energy emitting from Softcore is, from the beginning, utterly charming, and one cannot help but be instantly seduced by it.' 3:AM Magazine

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