CANCELLED-Georgia Center for the Book Presents David McCloskey – The Persian
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
From former CIA analyst and best-selling author David McCloskey, a novel that takes readers deep into the shadow war between Iran and Israel.
A Cappella Books and Georgia Center for the Book welcome McCloskey to discuss his new book, “The Persian: A Novel.”
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the venue.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but preferred—signing up guarantees your seat.
About the Book
Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm, agrees to spy for the Mossad after he’s recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. At Glitzman’s direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence agency. Kam proves to be a skillful asset, quietly earning money helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct kidnappings. But when Kam tries to recruit an Iranian widow seeking to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of the Mossad, the operation goes terribly wrong, landing him in prison under the watchful eye of a sadistic officer whom he knows only as the “General.”
And now, after enduring three years of torture in captivity, Kamran Esfahani sits in an interrogation room across from the General, preparing to write his final confession.
Kam knows it is too late to save himself. But he has managed to keep one secret—only one—and he just might be able to save that. In this haunting thriller, careening between Tehran and Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Stockholm, David McCloskey delivers an intricate story of vengeance, deceit, and the power of love and forgiveness in a world of lies.
About the Author
David McCloskey is the author of the novels “Damascus Station,” “Moscow X,” and “The Seventh Floor,” and is cohost of the podcast “The Rest Is Classified.” A former CIA analyst, he worked at Langley and in field stations across the Middle East. He lives in Texas.
