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Cover of “Frankenstein in Baghdad” by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi · 2013

288 pages

In occupied Baghdad a junk dealer stitches a corpse together from the body parts of the dead, and a wandering soul animates it. The creature walks the streets demanding justice for the people it was made from, and soon needs fresh parts to keep going. A bleak, darkly funny story of war, guilt and monstrousness.

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Sympathetic Monster, Magical Realism, Satire, War Fiction, Body Horror, Morally Grey Character

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