Shah of Shahs, Ryszard Kapuściński zines Vikas Swarup's remarkable debut novel

Vikas Swarup's remarkable debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai

" His request felt sinful and devious

and embraces

or with recessions and bailouts

Shah of Shahs, Ryszard Kapuściński zines Vikas Swarup's remarkable debut novelShah 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