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The Poet Game

The Poet Game

by SalarAbdoh (Author)

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Synopsis

In the wake of the bombing of the World Trade Centre, New York is ground zero for an intricate web of betrayals and double crosses in the shadowy world of Islamic radicalism. Sami Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and enters a universe of militants, spies, and arms suppliers, Unsure of his true purpose, he is sent into New York to investigate dark rumours of terrorist plots set to erupt in Times Square on New Year's Eve, just two weeks away . . .

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 08 Jul 2002
ISBN 10: 0571210317
ISBN 13: 9780571210312

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Sami Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and enters a universe of militants, spies and arms suppliers. Unsure of his true purpose, he is sent into New York to investigate dark rumours of terrorist plots set to erupt in Times Square on New Year's Eve. This is Salar Abdoh's first novel and was written in 1999.
Author Bio
Salar Abdoh was born in Iran and attended Wellington School in Somerset for a short time. His father was a wealthy and prominent cultural figure but at the time of the revolution in Iran, Salar's father became a target for Islamic fundamentalists and faced execution if he remained in Iran. So, with his father and two brothers, Salar fled for the US at the age of 14. Within six months of reaching the States, Abdoh's father died, leaving Abdoh and his two brothers homeless in Los Angeles. The boys travelled through the US visiting New Orleans, Pennsylvania, the Bay Area and New York. Eventually, Salar received his diploma and went to Berkeley to study Near Eastern History and Literature.$$$Upon graduating, he spent some time working with his older brother, the well-known Iranian avant-garde playwright and director Reza Abdoh. After the death of Reza from AIDS in 1995, Salar Abdoh got his Masters degree in Creative Writing at City University in New York. He now teaches at the same University and lives in New York City.$$$The Poet Game, written in 1999, the tale of Islamic fundamentalists planning an attack on the World Trade Center, is Salar Abdoh's first novel and was published by Faber in July 2002. His second novel Opium was published in 2004.