The Persian [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Vahsalan Sahar arrives in London from Tehran to begin an art course at the renowned Monarch’s Academy.
He is only barely aware of the horrible deaths hitting the news and settles in to his new life, taking in the culture of the city and the nightlife in Soho, London’s popular gay district.
But when he wakes up beside the next victim, apparently dead at Vas’ hands, he's drawn into a tangled series of events which seem designed to make him appear to be the killer.
Vas and his new friends must figure out why he has been set up - before the killer can lead the police to his door.
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Overview

Vahsalan Sahar arrives in London from Tehran to begin an art course at the renowned Monarch’s Academy.
He is only barely aware of the horrible deaths hitting the news and settles in to his new life, taking in the culture of the city and the nightlife in Soho, London’s popular gay district.
But when he wakes up beside the next victim, apparently dead at Vas’ hands, he's drawn into a tangled series of events which seem designed to make him appear to be the killer.
Vas and his new friends must figure out why he has been set up - before the killer can lead the police to his door.

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940011182952
  • Publisher: Gordon Watt, via Smashwords
  • Publication date: 1/11/2011
  • Sold by: SMASHWORDS - EBKS
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 7,471
  • File size: 840 KB

Meet the Author

Gordon Watt is a writer and film-editor working between London and Congleton, his home in Cheshire.

He spent ten years working for the BBC in London working between News and Features editing daily news stories and later, long-form documentaries for the News Channel, BBC 1, 3 and 4, BBC World and BBC Persian TV. He has made several short films and in 2005, produced a feature-film.

Gordon spends most of his time in Cheshire staring out at his vegetable garden and trying not to notice the pride of cats stalking his partner Kit across the lawn.

He also regrets registering his web domain name before realising how pretentious the ‘A’ in his name on the front of this book looks.

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Average Rating 4
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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 31, 2011

    Surprise...surprise

    Expected some romantic persian historical novel and what did i get...a homosexual love story. Thankfully the author did not describe any sexual acts, as a matter of fact, most love was expressed in tender terms. This hhas been my first exposure to this genre and kudos to the author for his showing tender moments without making the reader embarrassed. Enjoyed the sights of london, most of all the wonderful description of art.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 19, 2011

    Highly Recommended

    I can't believe this book was free.This book was wonderfully written! Well developed characters. And I loved that the characters Vaz, Mitch, and Rita were not caricatures but realistic as the people you live next door to. This book was worth more than $0.00. If you download this book you won't be disappointed.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 15, 2011

    Great story

    Kept me guessing. The characters were believable and complete. Great story for free!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 28, 2012

    Not overall bad.

    Was a slow read for me. But overall was a good book. I am gay, and was happy to find gay fiction that wasn't porn. It wasn't until the last 10 chapters that I would not stop until I was done.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 10, 2012

    Excellent!

    Great piece of writing!

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  • Posted February 19, 2012

    Highly recommended

    British writers of so-called gay fiction are just better than American ones, more literate for one thing, nor do they feel it necessary to go into endless detail about male sexual experiences, page after page. There is a nice balance in this novel, a decent plot of a young Iranian coming to London to study, and his unexpected experiences in one of the great cities of the world. I gave it 4 stars because of the silly typos. No one seems to bother proofreading nowadays.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2012

    What a great read!

    I really enjoyed this book. well worth the money. I'll be looking for more books by the author!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 4, 2012

    great read

    Will recommend!!!!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 2, 2012

    Great characterization and amazing story

    I was pleasantly surprised that a story this good and long was free. You can become engrossed in the story and the characters since their emotions and characterization is so well done that you feel as if you know them. I wish the authir wrote more stories like this,because this story was amazing. It was hard to put down. I had to finish this amazing story and I'm truly glad that I did.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 21, 2011

    Fascinating read

    This was a great story. Well written with an interesting twist.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 30, 2011

    Great full-length story

    This book is tremendous. I love books written by British authors set in England. The characters were well developed. I found myself wondering about the characters during the day and counting the minutes until I could get back to the book and see what they were up to while I was gone. The story was quick-paced, I wasn't bored; but still took the time to entertain me with the story. I thought I had the mystery figured out with about 200 pages left in the book. But the book had twists & turns, so I was never 100% sure until the end.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 29, 2011

    Excellent book!

    0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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