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An Army Newspaper

Hassan Blasim

First published August 2009
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

An editor of an Iraqi army newspaper perpetrates a fraudulent literary career based on superb fictional stories he has received anonymously, but soon finds his ruse is getting out of hand. Allegorical of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War.

{{Tr|Jonathan Wright}}

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 2009 Cover The Madman of Freedom Square Comma Press Collection 13