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Leili cannot have thought that arriving later to Islamic morals school would change the course of her life. But her entrance catches the attention of a young man, and the opportunity meeting soon pulls Leili into a fresh group of friends and musicians and artists. Gathering in the cafes of Tehran, these young college students get together to build an underground play that will wake up their era. They play with flame, basically and figuratively, igniting a episode both personal and political to execute their play - just once. From the rich suburbs and stylish coffee retailers of Tehran to subterranean spaces teeming with drugs and prostitution to religious lodges and saints' tombs in the mountains high above the town, Last Scene Underground presents an Iran hardly ever seen. Young Tehranis understand their way through politics, art, and the meaning of home and in the process learn hard lessons about censorship, imagination, and love. Their dangerous discoveries ultimately lead to finding themselves. Written in the hopeful wake of Iran's Green Movements and resistant to the long darkness of the Iran-Iraq battle, this unique book deepens our knowledge of an elusive country that is full of misunderstood contradictions and ponder.
