When the grey beetles took over Baghdad

Mona Yahia

Original title: When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad

earliest edition we have, 2000 George Braziller, 2007 hardcover 344 pages

"Set in Baghdad in the 1960s, When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad is about the vulnerable Jewish community in the revolutionary modern capital. The story is told by Lina - the youngest daughter in a middle-class Jewish family. Unlike her friends, Lina is not eager to grow up, at least not before she has left Baghdad for a better world, where girls wear trousers in the street and boys their hair shoulder-length. Y...

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When the grey beetles took over Baghdad hardcover · 2007 · George Braziller · 344 pages · 9780807615829
When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad paperback · 2003 · Peter Halban Publishers Ltd · 416 pages · 9781870015851
When the grey Beetles took over Baghdad edition · 2000 · Peter Halban · 406 pages

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