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The Iraqi Christ

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This collection of stories explores the chaos of post-invasion Baghdad. A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by a suicide bomber into swapping places. A composer of crossword puzzles survives a car-bomb, only to find himself haunted by the spirit of one of it's victims. A victim of looting flees armed robbers but falls into a deep hole, at the bottom of which sits a djinn, and the corpse of a Russian soldier from a completely different war.

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The Iraqi Christ, Hasan Blásim

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Title
The Iraqi Christ
Language
English
Publisher
Comma Press
Released
2013
Format
Paperback
Pages
140
ISBN10
1905583524
ISBN13
9781905583522
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First published
2013
Original title
رواية المسيح العراقي
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This collection of stories explores the chaos of post-invasion Baghdad. A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by a suicide bomber into swapping places. A composer of crossword puzzles survives a car-bomb, only to find himself haunted by the spirit of one of it's victims. A victim of looting flees armed robbers but falls into a deep hole, at the bottom of which sits a djinn, and the corpse of a Russian soldier from a completely different war.