{"product_id":"9781786073976","title":"Frankenstein in Baghdad : SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Saadawi, Ahmed, Wright, Jonathan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 6 September 2018 by Oneworld Publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 22 | 254g\u003cp\u003e WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTIONWINNER OF THE KITSCHIES GOLDEN TENTACLE AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2019 A SATIRICAL REIMAGINING OF MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEINFrom the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, Hadi collects body parts from the dead, which he stitches together to form a corpse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe claims he does it to force the government to recognise the parts as real people, and give them a proper burial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps across the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking, flesh-eating monster that cannot be killed. At first it's the guilty he attacks, but soon it's anyone who crosses his path...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad brilliantly captures the horror and black humour of a city at war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saadawi, Ahmed, Wright, Jonathan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42538094297272,"sku":"9781786073976","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781786073976.jpg?v=1734720227","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781786073976","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}