Baghdad Noir [Paperback]

Among them these writers encompass, if not a Baghdad entire, then at least a Baghdad of diverse experiences and perspectives, and absolutely a Baghdad focused on the Arabic world and not the Western.
--NPR Books

Characters in this collection are frequently on the receiving end of unpleasant epiphanies. And as this engaging group of stories amply demonstrates, betrayal--whether by authorities, religious leaders, neighbors, colleagues, or liberators--is a subject that Iraqis know all too well.
--Los Angeles Review of Books

This anthology's status as perhaps the first collection of Iraqi crime fiction ever published makes it a landmark.
--Publishers Weekly

The overall effect of this gathering of stories is kaleidoscopic: shifting fragments that, coming together in the collection, create a sense of Baghdad's uneasily beating heart...It is a superbly multidimensional, many-voiced, defiant collection.
--Banipal

Baghdad Noiris the latest addition to the simply outstanding 'Noir' anthology series from Akashic Books...A simply fascinating and at times compulsively driven read.
--Midwest Book Review

Baghdad Noiris a monumental achievement for Akashic's long-running Noir series. The collection goes so far beyond the Iraq most of us have been exposed to over the last twenty years and offers up a vision of this important world city in all its complexity and humanity...This is a vital book, in every sense of the word.
--CrimeReads, included in the Best International Crime Fiction of 2018 list

[An] engrossing collection of crime stories all set in various districts of Baghdad...Presented with a detailed map of the ancient city to illustrate where all the stories are based, the plots are all well-executed and offer various takes on the trusted genre.
--The National(UAE newspaper)

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