- War stories, Fiction, Fiction, horror, Iraq, fiction
After he constructs a corpse from body parts found on the street, Hadi wants the government to prepare a proper burial, but when the corpse goes missing, a series of strange murders occur and Hadi realizes he has created a monster.
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About the book
- Author
- Aḥmad Saʻdāwī
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 281
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143128793
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