Ryszard Kapuściński describes the events that led to the 1979 Iranian Revolution in his book Shah of Shahs, published in 1982. Unlike today, where most of the historical accounts analyze the influence of international actors, Kapuściński focuses on the relationship between Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Iranian people. As in The Soccer War, he fixates on the space of the square and the moment where, he argues, revolution becomes inevitable. Despite being a journalist, Kapuściński’s texts cannot be classified as entirely non-fiction. Christopher de Bellaigue explains in the book’s Introduction that his writing may be “a reaction to the Marxist history that he was taught back home in Poland, a view that dignifies historical currents over the actions of individual men and women.” His writings have been aptly described as “magical journalism,” and his ego makes his writing both capricious and entirely entertaining.