I suppose the title Reading The Great Gatsby in Tehran, or Reading Jane Austen in Tehran, is no where near as sexy as Reading Lolita in Tehran, but either certainly would've been more accurate.

Reading Lolita in Tehran had very little to do with the actual Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita. It was certainly incorporated in the book, right from the start even, but it was never the focal point of the book, or even one that was revisted throughout.

Reading Lolita in Tehran is an interesting novel over...
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