Author(s): Shalash; Luke Leafgren (Translator); Kanan Makiya (Introduction by)

Novel | Translated fiction | Middle East | History

Don Quixote, Tristram Shandy, Catch-22 . . . and Shalash the Iraqi. A samizdat success, this madcap serial novel started life as a pseudonymous blog written 'live' by 'Shalash' during and after the Second Iraq War. It delights readers and sheds light on Iraq in equal measure.