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Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate
A storyteller who lies in service of truth meets a writer who doesn’t believe in true stories in this sophomore work set in Adelaide and post-revolutionary IranGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDoes a novel need a factchecker? Not for the kind…