'Badri' is the story of a man in his early thirties who makes his living through romantic relationships with wealthy women-women who, for various reasons, enjoy spending time with a young man, and all the better if he is unemployed and inclined toward romance. In the opening pages, the narrator meets Badri, and as their new relationship begins to form, he realizes that the romantic lies he invents to entertain and exploit women no longer please him. This time, with Badri, he wants to try something else-a lie that could change the course of his life. The entire novel follows the narrator's search for this 'something else, ' and it is through the reader's encounter with this quest that the subtleties of the narrator's character, Badri herself, and the complexities of their relationship come to light. In his portrayal of the city where he wanders with his friends and with Badri-Isfahan, the Zayandeh Rood, and the Vahid neighborhood, also known as 'Sahra-Rowghan'-Behrooz Badakhshan brings