Kerâmat looks good, is bold and brutal. At the age of ten, he runs away from home, goes to Tehran, and sells his body. On the eve of the Islamic Revolution, he joins a gang that operates brothels and takes action against unwanted political gatherings. He profits from the war between Iran and Iraq by organizing a black market for medicines and food. As a reward for dismantling opposition groups, Kerâmat is appointed director of a notorious prison for political prisoners after the revolution. In Kerâmat, Amir Hassan Cheheltan creates an ambivalent figure as the hero of his new book. She embodies the contradictions of today's Iran, which the author narrates in a poetic and touching language. The novel is published worldwide for the first time in unabridged form.