{"product_id":"frankenstein-in-baghdad-9780143128793","title":"Frankenstein in Baghdad","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational \u003c\/b\u003eBooker Prize finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brave and ingenious.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gripping, darkly humorous . . . profound.\" --Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . A devastating but essential read.\" --Kevin Powers, bestselling author and National Book Award finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture at a local café--collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and to give them proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realizes he's created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive--first from the guilty, and then from anyone in its path. A prizewinning novel by \"Baghdad's new literary star\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e captures with white-knuckle horror and black humor the surreal reality of contemporary Iraq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahmed Saadawi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143128793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhmed Saadawi\u003c\/b\u003e is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He is the first Iraqi to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction; he won in 2014 for \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich also won France's Grand Prize for Fantasy. In 2010 he was selected for Beirut39, as one of the 39 best Arab authors under the age of 39. He was born in 1973 in Baghdad, where he still lives.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ahmed Saadawi \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283533742237,"sku":"9780143128793","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dbbcfdaa-7a1a-4f1f-8aa8-82f27ca3f3fd.jpg?v=1759967107","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/frankenstein-in-baghdad-9780143128793","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}