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Persepolis Atheneum with a deft feel forBy Marjane Satrapi. Published by Jonathan Cape. Softcover, 352 pages, B&W 2006 (originally published in French 2000 2003) Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists,