A Good Place to Die [Import] [Hardcover]

James Buchan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: The Harvill Press (September 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860466478
• ISBN-13: 978-1860466472
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,888,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Minor Masterpiece, September 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Place to Die (Paperback)

I can't believe that no-one has reviewed this novel. Set at the time of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, it is both a sweeping and dramatic work of literature and a refreshingly different tender love story.

James Buchan is a descendant of John Buchan author of "The 39 Steps", and a former arts writer for the Financial Times. The book received excellent and extensive professional reviews when released in the UK and deserved every one of them.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enthralling!, December 22, 2003

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Lenard Milich (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Place to Die (Paperback)

I had the luck of being in Iran in 1995, and having the freedom to travel extensively throughout the country. Despite the friction between theocracy and Western liberalism, Iranians in general remain friendly, hospitable, and charming people, and the landscapes are among the world's most beautiful. Add to that the magnificence of the buildings, the ancient wisdom that designed wind towers so that houses in the desert could benefit from evaporative cooling, the existence of qanats bringing water through underground tunnels to create habitable oases, and the fact that Iranians are the only people who honor dead poets. Buchan's book (also titled "The Persian Bride" in other countries) evokes the sad sweetness of the place, the charm and volatility of its people, and the all-too-real costs of the 1979 Revolution. I couldn't put it down, and zipped through it in just one day.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing look into Iran., June 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Place to Die (Panther) (Paperback)

This is fabulous piece of literature. James Buchan takes us into a country most Westerners will never experience, and gives us a slice of a culture that is as rich as it is contradictory. An amazing journey...