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An evening with veteran war correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Scott Anderson, who will discuss his latest book King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation.
Finalist for the Kirkus Prize, King of Kings provides a revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution, one of the most momentous events in modern times. This groundbreaking work exposes the mistakes made by the American government and traces the rise of religious nationalism, offering essential insights into today's global unrest.
Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.
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Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Sudan, Bosnia, El Salvador and many other strife-torn countries. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine, his work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper’s and Outside. He is the author of the novels Moonlight Hotel and Triage, and of the non-fiction books The Man Who Tried to Save the World and The 4 O’Clock Murders. He also co-authored War Zones and Inside The League with his brother, Jon Lee Anderson.