| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 344 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton ... in 2006"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Book I -- The swallow tree -- The people's revolution -- Yasin Hussein and sons -- The palace of the end -- Two shrines -- The dream of brother Yasin -- The Writers' Union -- The small matter of friendship -- A little wedding -- A meeting with Saddam, his Excellency the Deputy -- Fourteen fils -- The last rites of Yasin -- The portrait -- The third relative -- Getting away with it -- Book II -- A long list of cities -- Qadisiyat Saddam -- Allah Karim -- Letters -- Happy birthday, Mr. President -- A hem, a cuff, a poem -- All things must pass -- We are seven -- Making contact -- The white of paradise -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements. |
| Subject |
Yāsīn, Nabīl.
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Yāsīn, Nabīl -- Family.
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Intellectuals -- Iraq -- Biography.
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Iraq -- History -- 1958-
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| ISBN |
0385521219 alkaline paper |
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9780385521215 alkaline paper |
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