Mark Bowden’s book, “Guest of the Ayatollah” is a unique perspective of the Iran hostage crisis that spanned 444 days and directly impacted the lives of hundreds and engrossed the millions within both nations. What appears to be a new experience to some cultures today, is not new in scope or time of world events. This book is a detailed reminder of existing political, social and cultural differences and how easy this differences when ignored can ignite into an event that develops a life of its own.
This text is a reminder to us all to how easy it is to forget our own history and experiences and stumble through current events as though they were new and undiscovered. A detailed account of the events that directly effected the initial 66, then 52 hostages as they endeavored to survive a situation that appeared to have no end.