Widely praised in the Arab world, Sinan Antoon\'s fourth and most sophisticated novel follows an Iraqi academic, Nameer, who meets an antiquarian bookseller, Wadood, in a Baghdad market.
Nameer becomes captivated by Wadood\'s obsession with cataloging everything that the 2003 invasion of their country destroyed, minute by minute, piece by piece..
Widely praised in the Arab world, Sinan Antoon\'s fourth and most sophisticated novel follows an Iraqi academic, Nameer, who meets an antiquarian bookseller, Wadood, in a Baghdad market