{"title":"Holidays \u0026 Occasions","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"frankenstein-in-baghdad-paperback","title":"Frankenstein in Baghdad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAhmed Saadawi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational \u003c\/b\u003eBooker Prize finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brave and ingenious.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gripping, darkly humorous . . . profound.\" --Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . 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