Author: Hephzibah Anderson
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The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji review – highly entertaining matrilineal saga
In the opening chapter of Sanam Mahloudji’s dynamic first novel, marital strife, intoxication and an arrest for solicitation are merely the prelude to a scene in which $30,000-worth of jewels and watches are flung from a sparkling Aspen ski slope. The woman responsible for most of that is Shirin, a Houston-based events organiser holidaying with…