The Poet Game A Novel

In the wake of the World Trade Center bombing, New York City is ground zero for an intricate web of betrayals and double-crosses in the shadowy world of Muslim radicals.Sami Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and into a world of militants, arms suppliers, and spies. Unsure of his true purpose, he is sent to New York to investigate rumored terrorist plots that are to culminate with further violence around Christmas and New Years, two weeks away.

Salar Abdoh is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and of the
Creative Writing program at City College of New York. Born in Iran, he now lives in New York City where he is at work on his second novel.

"Ornate and ambitious . . . [A] complex, politically sophisticated story."—The New York Times Book Review

"The Poet Game offers its own taut, moody spin to the spy-genre conventions.... Abdoh delivers a surprising, smart thriller."—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"The Poet Game is a spy-thriller with a twist . . . Unique."—Christian Science Monitor

"Like a ventriloquist manipulating the stylish thrillers of Graham Greene or John le Carré, Abdoh tells [a] brilliant, dark tale . . . Imaginative."—Brad Gooch, Harper's Bazaar

"The novel races through a series of atmospheric settings . . . Vividly described . . . An entertaining and heart-quickening debut."—Publishers Weekly