Frankenstein in Baghdad
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In Baghdad during the American occupation, a junk dealer called Hadi stitches together body parts of bombing victims to give them a proper burial. The body he assembles comes to life and seeks revenge. A dark, satirical Iraqi novel in the tradition of Frankenstein.
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Ahmed Saadawi
Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter and documentary film maker. He won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for Frankenstein in Baghdad. He lives and works in Baghdad. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Saadawi
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