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66 “Endless Love,” Islamic Revolutionary Style The gold label reads: Coming to you from Victoria’s secret garden, as if picked from a soft-shell pistachio tree in a sultan’s grove. The label insists, if used in liberal amount skin transforms to petal soft, wonderfully fragrant. It claims primrose oil and chamomile, promises to smooth on easily, absorb quickly, urges to lavishly smooth over damp skin after shower or bath. So she runs herself a bath, soaks as prescribed: towel dries, lifts up the bottle, squirts, spares no parts—neck, arms, stomach, and beyond. Then, slips into a crimson strapless gown, a pair of red velvet shoes, pulls a black chador over her head . . . And off she goes to a party on the corner of Imam Holy Avenue and the Alley of the Pious. ...

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