Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Set in 2005 after the fall of Saddam Hussein, a local man renowned for telling tall tales collects body parts in the aftermath of suicide bombings in the hope of stitching them together to make a complete corpse so that it can be left on the streets and recognised as a person and given a proper burial. The corpse goes missing, and there are reports of a monster that cannot be killed by bullets murdering criminals.
This is a very entertaining novel that is interesting not only because of its insights into the country concerned but also its insights into the human condition.
This darkly humorous satire was a finalist for the International Booker Prize.
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