“I know it’s short notice, but it’s important.’ Nasim replied, ‘Lunch where? I’m a vegetarian.’ The prospect of having to locate a meat-free meal in Tehran was enough to make most people reassess their notion of ‘important’. Online maps weren’t much help; Nasim had stopped publishing locations herself, lest she lead anyone into false hope. Even the establishments where she’d succeeded on occasion were perfectly capable of taking their one suitable dish off the menu on a whim, or adding meat to ...the recipe without warning. Martin responded in thirty seconds, ‘There’s a place that does kuku-ye-sabzi, just around the corner from People of the Book.’ Nasim had her doubts about how seriously they meant sabzi, but if she’d been too busy to accept the invitation she should have used an ironclad brush-off from the start. ‘Okay. Bookshop at one?’ ‘Great. Thank you.’ When Nasim arrived at the shop, Martin was locking up and pulling down the shutters. ‘You don’t stay open at lunchtime?’ she asked. ‘I only open in the mornings myself,’ he said.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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