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House of Sand and Fog
by Andre Dubus III
I had a positive bias towards this book before reading it because I thought the movie so well done. It's one of those films that you loved but hate to say you "loved" it in case people think you're morbid or weird but nevertheless it was extremely well done. The book, I'm happy to say, was also great. The character development of Behrani and Kathy in particular were so well written and the scenario was so intense that I couldn't wait to get back to this novel everytime I had to put it down. Dubus has a way of describing a scene with emotions even though he doesn't always include them but sticks to physical descriptions. In that way he reminded me of Cormac McCarthy, a lot of descriptions of actions which somehow impart character or feelings into the story. I would definitely recommend this novel; it taught me something of the life of an Iranian in the time of Shah Pahlavi and it prompted me to research that political situation a little more as I remember some of it playing out in the news of the 1970's-80's.