An extraordinary novel about the making of modern Iran - Kader Abdolah's THE KING, already a bestseller in Europe, is now published in English for the first time

* Memory, a sense of place and family bonds permeate Kader Abdolah's beautifully written and fiercely readable The House of the Mosque Daily Mail * Abdolah tells this story straight from the heart. And it is on the heart too that it leaves an indelible mark Scotsman on THE HOUSE OF THE MOSQUE * Captivating and distinctive ... a measured, beguiling and potent example of literary resistance TLS on THE HOUSE OF THE MOSQUE

Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988, he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee. Kader Abdolah is the author of several books, including the novels My Father's Notebook and The House of the Mosque. He has received several awards, including the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres decoration in 2008.