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Title: right on target
Review: This is the most accurate reflection of the typical Iranian personality. I am a full-blooded Iranian but have lived abroad all my life, except for summers in Tehran, until the revolution. Then, for the past 5 yrs, I've resumed spending time there, along with my sister, on an annual basis. As much as I love many things about it, things such as baldfaced lying -- to a pathological level -- are exactly as Sciolino describes it, and it was a real reality check for me to read her take on it. Whether a relative, a government official or a merchant, they almost all do it. At a certain point, it becomes quite humorous. But despite these blemishes, I felt more nationalistic towards Iran after reading that book, than ever before. There are many things to be proud of from being an Iranian, and there is no such thing as a perfect nationality.
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