Reviews
"A beautifully written account of life in Iran, filled with insights not only into the power struggles and political machinations but into the personal, emotional lives of the people living in that complicated country. Maziar Bahari is a brave man and a wonderful storyteller." --Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World "Maziar Bahari is a visionary reporter, a deep soul, and a breathtakingly beautiful writer. Then They Came for Me will have you aching for the ones you love, furious at the evil of extremism, and inspired by the heroism of one extraordinary family. I can't recommend this book highly enough it will forever change how you view Iran, your family, and your own capacity for resilience." --Bruce Feiler, author of Walking the Bible and The Council of Dads "A riveting, brutally honest account, Then They Came for Me is one of the most powerful prison memoirs I have ever read. This haunting and unforgettable book will make you angry at the prison that is today's Iran, and happy that a fine journalist like Maziar Bahari escaped to tell the truth about the regime." --David Ignatius, author of Body of Lies "Maziar Bahari's story is at once political and personal, and this account of his family's journey and his own captivity in Iran is both illuminating and touching. If you want to understand modern-day Iran and experience a fascinating human story, read this book." --Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and The War Lovers "An extraordinary personal account of the summer of 2009, when young protestors poured into Iran's streets, of Bahari's imprisonment during the savage repression that followed, and of the love that helped to set him free." --Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City " Then They Came for Me is the story of those who fight to inform and enlighten their society. Fortunately, Iran is not only a country of Ahmadinejads and mullahs, the country is also blessed with plenty of Maziar Baharis. --Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of Iran Awakening "A fascinating walk through Iran's tumultuous recent history. Students of the region will welcome Mr. Bahari's insightful contribution." --Joseph Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador and author of The Politics of Truth, "I really connected to Maziar's story. It is a personal story but one with universal appeal about what it means to be free." --JON STEWART " An important and elegant book…a prison memoir enlarged into a family history-an Iranian family that is middle-class in income, traditionally leftist in politics, with more than their fair share of defiantly determined and erudite women." -- The New Republic "Clear and compelling…engaging and informative - a gripping tribute to human dedication and a cogent indictment of a corrupt regime." -- The Washington Independent Review of Books "Poignant…Bahari draws parallels between his experiences [in prison] and those of other family members. His father had been jailed under the Shah in the 1950s; his sister, Maryam, under Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s. Bahari relies on stories he heard from them, as well as their strength, to survive solitary confinement...His great desire to reunite with [his fiancee, pregnant with their first daughter]…gives this sympathetic read added urgency. -- Publishers Weekly "A damning account of a nation run by paranoid, sexually frustrated conspiracy theorists… Then They Came For Me turns a lens not only on Iran's surreal justice system but on the history and culture that helped produce it." -- The Washington Post " Then They Came for Me is a unique achievement. It is a story not just of political cruelty (a subject Bahari treats movingly), but also about the two poles of Iranian political culture, bent together in upheaval." -- The Guardian (UK) "A beautifully written account of life in Iran, filled with insights not only into the power struggles and political machinations but into the personal, emotional lives of the people living in that complicated country. Maziar Bahari is a brave man and a wonderful storyteller." --FAREED ZAKARIA " Then They Came for Me is the story of those who fight to inform and enlighten their society. Fortunately, Iran is not only a country of Ahmadinejads and mullahs, the country is also blessed with plenty of Maziar Baharis. --SHIRIN EBADI, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Advance praise for Maziar Bahari's Then They Came for Me "Maziar Bahari is a visionary reporter, a deep soul, and a breathtakingly beautiful writer. Then They Came for Me will have you aching for the ones you love, furious at the evil of extremism, and inspired by the heroism of one extraordinary family. I can't recommend this book highly enough it will forever change how you view Iran, your family, and your own capacity for resilience." --Bruce Feiler, New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and Abraham, "A beautifully written account of life in Iran, filled with insights not only into the power struggles and political machinations but into the personal, emotional lives of the people living in that complicated country. Maziar Bahari is a brave man and a wonderful storyteller." --Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World "Maziar Bahari is a visionary reporter, a deep soul, and a breathtakingly beautiful writer. Then They Came for Me will have you aching for the ones you love, furious at the evil of extremism, and inspired by the heroism of one extraordinary family. I can't recommend this book highly enough it will forever change how you view Iran, your family, and your own capacity for resilience." --Bruce Feiler, author of Walking the Bible and The Council of Dads "A riveting, brutally honest account, Then They Came for Me is one of the most powerful prison memoirs I have ever read. This haunting and unforgettable book will make you angry at the prison that is today's Iran, and happy that a fine journalist like Maziar Bahari escaped to tell the truth about the regime." --David Ignatius, author of Body of Lies "Maziar Bahari's story is at once political and personal, and this account of his family's journey and his own captivity in Iran is both illuminating and touching. If you want to understand modern-day Iran and experience a fascinating human story, read this book." --Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and The War Lovers "An extraordinary personal account of the summer of 2009, when young protestors poured into Iran's streets, of Bahari's imprisonment during the savage repression that followed, and of the love that helped to set him free." --Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City " Then They Came for Me is the story of those who fight to inform and enlighten their society. Fortunately, Iran is not only a country of Ahmadinejads and mullahs, the country is also blessed with plenty of Maziar Baharis. --Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of Iran Awakening "A fascinating walk through Iran's tumultuous recent history. Students of the region will welcome Mr. Bahari's insightful contribution." --Joseph Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador and author of The Politics of Truth From the Hardcover edition., Advance praise for Then They Came for Me "Maziar Bahari is a visionary reporter, a deep soul, and a breathtakingly beautiful writer. Then They Came for Me will have you aching for the ones you love, furious at the evil of extremism, and inspired by the heroism of one extraordinary family. I can't recommend this book highly enough it will forever change how you view Iran, your family, and your own capacity for resilience."-Bruce Feiler, bestselling author of Walking the Bible and The Council of Dads "A riveting, brutally honest account, Then They Came for Me is one of the most powerful prison diaries I have read. It will make you angry at the prison that is today's Iran, and happy that a fine journalist like Maziar Bahari escaped to tell the truth about the regime. This book is haunting and unforgettable."-David Ignatius, author of Body of Lies "Maziar Bahari's story is at once political and personal, and this account of his family's journey and his own captivity in Iran is both illuminating and touching. If you want to understand modern-day Iran and experience a fascinating human story, read this book."-Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and The War Lovers "When young protestors poured into Iran's streets in the summer of 2009, they shook the hoary regime of the ayatollahs to its foundations and helped inspire a wave of uprisings that swept through the length and breadth of the Muslim world. Then They Came For Me is Maziar Bahari's extraordinary personal account of those heady days in Tehran, of his imprisonment during the savage repression that followed, and of the love that helped to set him free."-Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City "A beautifully written account of life in Iran, filled with insights not only into the power struggles and political machinations but into the personal, emotional lives of the people living in that complicated country. Maziar Bahari is a brave man and a wonderful storyteller." --Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World
