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A poignant memoir of pre-1979 Iran and the human drama behind the fall of the last shah

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Cyrus Kadivar was born in Minnesota to Iranian-French parents. He grew up during the Shah's reign in the Persian city of Shiraz. At sixteen he and his family were uprooted by the 1979 revolution. He has since worked as a banker, freelance journalist, and political risk consultant and lives in London.

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"A journey into Iran's recent history and a tale of nostalgia and longing for pre-revolutionary Iran"—Duna El-Zobaidi, The Arab Weekly

"Farewell Shiraz is a sensitive, gentle, nostalgic and very personal account of a world which disappeared in the maelstrom of revolution in 1979, an event which, like the French revolution may yet define the century which followed it. Certainly, we live with the consequences today, whether domestically, in Europe or in the Middle East. It has taught me much about a great nation and a proud civilization and is a perceptive insight into the reality of permanent exile. I recommend it unreservedly."—General Sir Richard Shirreff, author of War With Russia: A Menacing Account

“Both memoir and history, Farewell Shiraz offers not only a glimpse of a lost Iran, but also of the author's heartfelt and lifelong quest to make sense of the revolution that rendered that loss.”—Roham Alvandi, author of Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah

"This riveting memoir . . . expresses the author's feelings and efforts to overcome the pain of leaving his beloved country. Cyrus Kadivar gives us a fascinating account of the last days of Pahlavi rule in Iran."—Lisa Kaaki, Arab News

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