Toope morvarid ( the pearl cannon) is Sadegh Hedayat's last satire. Although written in 1947, it remained unpublished until the early days of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Even when published then, it was immediately confiscated. In Toope morvarid , Hedayat becomes even more politically offensive then seen in his earlier works like Hagi Agha and The Blind Owl. To date Sadegh Hedayat's literary works remain banned in Iran.
Sadegh Hedayat was born in 1903 in Tehran, Iran. To continue his studies , he traveled to Belium and France. In 1951, during a visit to Paris, Hedayat put an end to his life.
اين مجموعه با صدای آقای خياط باشی می باشد.
توپ مرواری آخرین اثر صادق هدایت در سال 1326 شمسی به رشته تحریر در آمد اما تا سال 1358 شمسی بصورت چاپ زیر زمینی امکان انتشار نیافت. انتشاری که به سرعت با جمع آوری روبرو شد. در" توپ مرواريد" صادق هدايت بيش از پيش مانند " حاجی آقا " و " بوف کور" قلم گزنده و طنز خود را متوجه نابخردی های اجتماعی و انتقاد از حکومت و مذهب قرار داده است.