The Drum Tower - Softcover

'In this gorgeously written book, ideologies spark war and old secrets are weapons, while the mythic Simorgh, the bird of knowledge, weaves through it all. It s a heart-pounding rumination on knowledge, true and false, hidden and revealed, and contains one of the most dangerous villains I ve read in ages.' --Curious Animal, Best Books of 2014

'The publishers are selling Moshiri as Iran s Solzhenitsyn , which is a fair assessment of her intellect and breadth of vision but I never enjoyed a book by Solzhenitsyn and I enjoyed The Drum Tower immensely.' --The Times

'Ambitious in scope, labyrinthine in construction and peopled with vivid and believable characters, The Drum Tower hurtles to a stirring climax on the roof of the house as mysteries are resolved and fates are decided.' --New Internationalist

In the closing years of the rule of the Shah, young Talkhoon lives with her sister, Taara, with her grandmother Khanum-Jaan, her grandfather Baba-Ji, and her disturbing uncle, Asaad, in the house known as The Drum Tower in Tehran. In the tower, Baba-Ji continues his life's work, an unfinishable book on the Simorgh, the Bird of Knowledge, but revolution of one sort or another is on the way and Talkhoon's father is in hiding. The girls live with the mystery of their missing mother, and Khanum-Jaan's inexplicable hatred of her. In a book peopled by amazing characters and events, shot through with magic realism, Talkhoon's life, and the life of her country, rush to their inevitable destinies.