A review by pearloz
Then the Fish Swallowed Him by Amir Ahmadi Arian

4.0

Very good novel about a bus driver, advocating for drivers' rights, and his subsequent arrest and trial following a protest and an unfortunate incident where he assaulted the son of a minister (?). The majority of the novel is spent between interrogation scenes and flashbacks to the subjects of those scenes. I found it interesting how the tried to turn him--initially, it was by using the fact that he betrayed a friend against him, it was almost...mundane. However, that suggests how insidious the government could be. The eventual confession and trial were heartbreaking.