May 2014’s Best Books:Seven Must-Reads You’ll Want to Get Your Hands On:
“With the power of dark humor and fairytale whimsy, Porochista Khakpour propels us through the mystical depths of rural Iran to the urban epicenter of New York City in her latest novel The Last Illusion. Khakpour combines the beauty of ancient Iranian myth with the tragedy of contemporary American life to create an inventive world where an arrogant illusionist running out of tricks and a young girl in search of religion meet a feral boy, formerly raised as a bird, who wants nothing more than to fly. It’s a darkly glittering story that draws you in from its very first pages and mesmerizes you until the last.”