Samuel Shimon. (2018). Baghdad Noir. Akashic Books.

Samuel Shimon. 2018. Baghdad Noir. Akashic Books.

Samuel Shimon, Baghdad Noir. Akashic Books, 2018.

Samuel Shimon. Baghdad Noir. Akashic Books, 2018.

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Baghdad Noir

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This unique anthology of Iraqi noir fiction collects fourteen original stories of crime, conspiracy, regret, and revenge in the capital of Iraq.

The centuries-old city of Baghdad has known many rulers, many troubles, and many crimes. But while most Iraqis would agree that their life has always been noir, there has not been a literary tradition to capture this aspect of the culture. By commissioning the fourteen stories collected here—most by Iraqi writers, all by authors familiar with Baghdad—editor Samuel Shimon and Akashic Books have created what may be the first anthology of Iraqi crime fiction ever assembled.

Here you will read of life in Baghdad both during and after the Saddam Hussein era, with stories of fear in the shadow of a ruthless dictator; kidnappings in the time of U.S. occupation; detectives who investigate political conspiracies; and tales of revenge, assassination, mental illness, and family struggle in the war-torn City of Peace.

Baghdad Noir includes brand-new stories by Sinan Antoon, Ali Bader, Mohammed Alwan Jabr, Nassif Falak, Dheya al-Khalidi, Hussain al-Mozany, Layla Qasrany, Hayet Raies, Muhsin al-Ramli, Ahmed Saadawi, Hadia Said, Salima Salih, Salar Abdoh, and Roy Scranton.

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     "Including literary heavyweights such as Ahmed Saadawi, whose novel Frankenstein in Baghdad was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize, Baghdad Noir offers a unique opportunity to explore the inventive genius of various authors and to read haunting stories set in a rich and diverse city."

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   • content: A regular noir reader will find much to love here, and a reader who wants some armchair tourism will find a dark and enthralling look at a world few Americans have seen."
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     June 18, 2018
     Most of the 14 stories in this worthy addition to Akashic’s noir series—many translated from the Arabic, others written in English—are set in Baghdad after the 2003 American invasion of Iraq. Leading the pack is Sinan Antoon’s “Jasim’s File.” Reminiscent of Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island in its brash ambiguity, it charts the narrator’s obsessive efforts to solve a crime after returning home from a horrid stay in a psych ward. Another standout is Salar Abdoh’s “Baghdad on Borrowed Time,” in which a detective, who draws inspiration from the work of Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler, takes on a client who challenges him with the taunt, “Catch me please.” Salima Salih’s “The Apartment,” set during the Saddam era, twists the noir genre into a knot as two women seek to solve the bludgeoning murder of an elderly aunt found in her kitchen with only a pile of ash as a clue. Some selections fall flat, but this anthology’s status as perhaps the first collection of Iraqi crime fiction ever published makes it a landmark.

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This unique anthology of Iraqi noir fiction collects fourteen original stories of crime, conspiracy, regret, and revenge in the capital of Iraq.

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Here you will read of life in Baghdad both during and after the Saddam Hussein era, with stories of fear in the shadow of a ruthless dictator; kidnappings in the time of U.S. occupation; detectives who investigate political conspiracies; and tales of revenge, assassination, mental illness, and family struggle in the war-torn City of...

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Introduction

PART I: MURDER IN THE FAMILY
I Killed Her Because I Loved Her by Muhsinal-Ramli (Al-Fadhil District)
Doomsday Book by Nassif Falak (Al-Hurriya–Dolai District)
Post-Traumatic Stress Reality in Qadisiya by Hadia Said (Al-Qadisiya District)
A Sense of Remorse by Ahmed Saadawi (Bataween District)

PART II: WHERE IS THE TRUST?
The Apartment by Salima Salih (Al-Ghadeer District)
Homecoming by Roy Scranton (Shorja)
The Night Sabah Disappeared by Hayet Raies (Al-Waziriya)
Room 22 by Mohammed Alwan Jabr (Ban al-Sharqi)

PART III: WAKE ME UP
Getting to Abu Nuw'as Street by Dheya al-Khalidi (Bab al-Moatham)
Empty Bottles by Hussainal-Mozany (Sadr City)
Jasim Goes Home by Sinan Antoon (Al-Rashad Hospital)

PART IV: BLOOD ON MY HANDS
Baghdad on Borrowed Time by Salar Abdoh (Karrada)
Baghdad House by Ali Bader (Al-Rashid Street)
Tuesday of Sorrows by Layla Qasrany (Al-Andalus District)

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