A satirical reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set in war-torn Baghdad
A prize-winning horror novel from war-torn Iraq. Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse for the government to realise these parts are people who deserve a proper burial. It isn't long before he realises he's created a monster who cannot be killed and survives on human flesh. Darkly humorous, it captures the surreal reality of Baghdad today.