Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah's Beard

Jason Elliot, author of An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan and Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran “It is impossible not to admire an author who travels to the world’s most notorious destinations, taking a thousand-year-old poet for his guide. From the twinkling navels of Tehran’s illicit raves to the war-weary towns of southern Afghanistan, the adventure is brilliantly told: a compendium of humor, insight, and scholarly detail, and an authentic love affair with Persian culture that outstrips time itself.” Publishers Weekly, 3/29/10 “[A] travelogue-cum-history…Jubber’s account offers a full and satisfying panorama of the region with its rich paradoxes and complexities intact.” Booklist, 5/15/10 “Recounting Ferdowsi’s tribulations amid amusing self-deprecation about his own bungling, Jubber renders a lively portrait of the Iranians and Afghanis whom he meets and befriends. Those interested in founts of Iranian cultural pride will be entertainingly informed by the eminently readable and adventuresome Jubber.”

Nicholas Jubber is the author of The Prester Quest, winner of the prestigious Authors Club olman Best Travel Book Award. His writing has appeared in periodicals worldwide. He lives in London.

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