Thriller set in Bangkok and Ko Samet
My Uncle Napoleon
Location(s): Iran, Tehran
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1940s
In the early 1940s, the 15-year-old narrator becomes infatuated with his first cousin Layli. She is the daughter of the narrator’s uncle,nicknamed Napoleon because of his eulogising of the great French leader. Iranian, yes, but universal too, a great read.
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