Shalash the Iraqi Miroslav Nikolov

Shalash the Iraqi Miroslav NikolovPopulated by a cast of imagined con artists, holy fools, drag queens, and partisans as well as some very factual politicians, priests, and generals this novel started life as a pseudonymous blog written live by Shalash during and after the Second Iraq War. Never written to be published, all but lost save for disintegrating printouts treasured by its devotees, Shalash the Iraqi is here presented in its first authorised translation, with the blessing

and their everyday braveries

Max’s quest takes him down to the crumbling underbelly of the beautiful Black Sea port city

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and a history of Ronnie Scott's Club

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Separated by the widening divide between their two worlds

Plus works by 11 poets

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which perils to risk

The awareness of the characters is shot through with Guyanese images

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