{"product_id":"2940170820566","title":"City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Tehran","description":"Ramita Navai gives voice to ordinary Iranians forced to live extraordinary lives: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the state who ends up working for the Republic, the dutiful housewife who files for divorce, and the old-time thug running a gambling den.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn today's Tehran, intrigues abound and survival depends on an intricate network of falsehoods: mullahs visit prostitutes, local mosques train barely pubescent boys in crowd-control tactics, and cosmetic surgeons promise to restore girls' virginity. Navai paints an intimate portrait of those discreet recesses in a city where the difference between modesty and profanity, loyalty and betrayal, honor and disgrace is often no more than the believability of a lie.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162022166768,"sku":"2940170820566","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170820566_p0.jpg?v=1763718779","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170820566","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}