Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri Gavin Broad Allen Smith

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Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri Gavin Broad Allen SmithA sprawling, evocative, and groundbreaking autobiographical novel told in the unforgettable and hilarious voice of a young Iranian refugee. It is a powerfully layered novel that poses the questions: Who owns the truth? Who speaks it? Who believes it? "A patchwork story is the shame of the refugee," Nayeri writes early in the novel. In an Oklahoman middle school, Khosrou (whom everyone calls Daniel) stands in front of a skeptical audience of