In Case of Emergency

What do you do when the world is falling apart and you're in withdrawal?

Disillusioned, wealthy, and addicted to opium, Shadi wakes up one day to apocalyptic earthquakes and a dangerously low stash. Outside, Tehran is crumbling: yuppies flee in bumper-to-bumper traffic as skaters and pretty boys rise up to claim the city as theirs. Cross-dressed to evade hijab laws, Shadi flits between her dysfunctional family and depressed friends--all in search of her next fix.

Mahsa Mohebali's groundbreaking novel about Iranian counterculture is a satirical portrait of the disaster that is contemporary life. Weaving together gritty vernacular and cinematic prose, In Case of Emergency takes a darkly humorous, scathing look at the authoritarian state, global capitalism, and the gender binary.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 11/30/2021
ISBN: 9781952177866
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
Booklist 10/15/2021 pg. 24
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2021