| International Standard Book Number |
9781464218286 epub
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781464218279 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
1464218277 hardcover
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| Personal Name |
Farahan, Reza, author.
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| Title Statement |
Memoirs of a gay shah : my story of family, fame, and becoming a king / Reza Farahan ; with Allie Kingsley and Tony Baker.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
216 pages ; 24 cm
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Iran so far away -- My permanent vacation -- Rug life -- The needle to dad's threads -- Romeo and Joon-iet -- I took my heart to San Francisco -- Nick and Dick -- Beverly Hoes -- Up in Adam -- Sultans of Sunset -- Cast your pearls -- The reality of it all -- The television of it all -- Best in show -- Canceled culture.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Reza Farahan came to America at the age of four on vacation with his family. While soaking up the California sun, the revolution in Iran began, and Reza's family would stay on their vacation indefinitely, never able to return home again. Reza had revered the Shah in Iran, a man whom he saw as the embodiment of progressive ideals, opulence, and ambition. And watching from afar in America, Reza was horrified to see the Shah overthrown by the Ayatollah. The world he had always known would no longer exist, and now he was stuck in a new one where people saw him as a product of the new Iran. From that point on, Reza was the ultimate outsider. He was an Iranian immigrant living in an America that labeled his people as terrorists. He was half-Muslim and half-Jewish, with both sides of his extended family refusing to see him as wholly theirs. And to top it all off, he was a gay kid growing up in the '70s and '80s, afraid to be himself, even in his own Persian bubble. Emotional, funny, and raw, Memoirs of a Gay Shah is Reza's story of growing up as an outsider, who, in the face of constant rejection and isolation, diminished his presence and hid his true self for as long as possible. But eventually, Reza would come to learn that the things that make him an outsider are also what make him unique. His greatest assets are his differences, and with this newfound confidence, he began to pursue the life of a Shah-one of incredible luxury, progressive acceptance, unapologetic authenticity"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Farahan, Reza.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Television personalities United States Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Gay men United States Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
LGBTQ+ people.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Iranian Americans Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Gay real estate agents United States Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Baker, Allie Kingsley, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Baker, Tony (Screenwriter), author.
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