Awoman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. she opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. he said "oh i'm sorry, i have made a mistake, i thought this was my room." he then went down the corridor and in the elevator. the woman went back into her room and phoned security. what made the woman so suspicious of the man?

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

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