My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad

My Uncle Napoleon

Iraj Pezeshkzad with Dick Davis (Translator)

512 pages first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny slow-paced
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Set in a garden in Tehran in the early 1940s, where three families live under the tyranny of a paranoid patriarch, My Uncle Napoleon is a rich, comic and brilliantly on-target send-up of Iranian society. The novel is, at its core, a love story. Bu...

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Community Reviews

4.14
based on 216 reviews

Moods

funny: 92%

lighthearted: 68%

emotional: 32%

reflective: 24%

relaxing: 16%

adventurous: 12%

hopeful: 12%

challenging: 8%

sad: 8%

dark: 4%

inspiring: 4%

mysterious: 4%

tense: 4%


Pace

16% of readers chose fast
41% of readers chose medium
41% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

15% of readers chose Plot
21% of readers chose A mix
63% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

66% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

94% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Diverse cast of characters?

77% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

77% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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