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Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate

A storyteller who lies in service of truth meets a writer who doesn’t believe in true stories in this sophomore work set in Adelaide and post-revolutionary Iran

The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2025

Kathleen Folbigg’s memoir, an ode to condiments and ‘a work of art’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2025

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the destructiveness of war and the hope that lies in fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation tells the story of Amin, an Iranian man whose life and family are shattered when the USS Vincennes shoots down an Iranian passenger plane in 1988.

The Conversation · Aug 25, 2025