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Account of the siege of the Iranian embassy in London to make a statement about Arabs in Iran. Well written and nicely read by author. Quite a bit of quoting vulgarity as the siege grew longer. Intended to be a 24 hour operation it ended up being six days and the relationship between captors and hostages became more complex.
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Starts very slowly but then picks up pace. An intensely minute by minute retelling, forensic yet empathetic.
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A riveting nonfiction narrative of a historical event that I'm ashamed to say I do not remember--the 1980 armed takeover of the Iranian embassy in London by anti-Khomeini Iranian Arabs. The story of this six-day siege, and its resolution, is fascinating. And the ending is as tense and pulse-pounding as any thriller I've ever read. An outstanding book.