Finding horror and humour in Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad
Hadi, a junk dealer, alcoholic and habitual liar, starts collecting body parts from explosion sites, elaborately stitching them together into a composite corpse.
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Hadi, a junk dealer, alcoholic and habitual liar, starts collecting body parts from explosion sites, elaborately stitching them together into a composite corpse.
By Robin Yassin-Kassab