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The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq is the debut novel written by Hassan Blasim. It poignantly brings out the Iraqi realistic perspective combined with journeys of fantasy about the Iraq war. Summary of the Book The Corpse Exhibition oscillates between reality and fantasy with such intricate details that it leaves you haunted, about the ghastly effects of war. The Iraq war has been debated about in media and political circles throughout the world and Hassan opens up to us a whole new world of unseen horrifying images of the same war. He talks not only about the soldiers who fight a war that's never theirs, or not just about the hostages, assassins, terrorists, refugees and bombers, but he also talks about prophets, angels, mad people, spirits, and wizards. The novel will keep you gripped until the end as the author has a new way of story-telling, who has been revered as the best writer of Arabic fiction alive, by the most reputed The Guardian. About Hassan Blasim Hassan Blasim was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He writes in Arabic and English too, and is also a poet and a famous film director. He is the co-editor of the Arabic literary website called Iraq Story. Some of his notable movies are The Wounded Camera, Juuret, and Uneton among others. Some of the books written by Hassan are The Madman of Freedom Square, Diving into Existing, Poetic Cinema, The Shia’s Poisoned Child, and The Iraqi Christ.