The Baghdad Clock

Shahad Al Rawi

earliest edition we have, 2016 Oneworld Publications, 2018 272 pages

Shortlisted for the international prize for Arabic fiction 2018. For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable debut, the number one bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAE. Baghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart...

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Luke Leafgren 2 printings we hold · 2018–2019 · Oneworld Publications

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The Baghdad Clock paperback · 2019 · Oneworld Publications · 272 pages · 9781786074867
Baghdad Clock edition · 2018 · Oneworld Publications · 272 pages · 9781786073235
The Baghdad clock edition · 2018 · Oneworld Publications · 252 pages · 9781786073242
Baghdad Clock paperback · 2016 · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 262 pages · 9781535541398

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