The Ayatollah's Gaze: A Memoir of the Forbidden and the Fabulous by Majid Parsa #literature If you’ve ever found yourself

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HardbackPublication: 31 Oct 2019

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Showing promise from an early age

The Ayatollah's Gaze: A Memoir of the Forbidden and the Fabulous by Majid Parsa #literature If you’ve ever found yourself'Defiant, fabulous and filled with the nuanced challenges so many young queer people struggle to make sense of: family, faith, tradition, affection and belonging. I loved this intimate, heartbreaking coming of age story' Henry Fry, author of First Time for Everything An unflinching memoir about growing up in Iran where homosexuality is punishable by death, and yet underground, hidden from Sharia law, is a vibrant gay scene threatening to burst open.