The Last of the Angels

By Fadhil al-Azzawi

Book Overview

From a legendary writer both beloved and banished by Iraq -- a fine work of Arabic literature in the vein of Naguib Mahfouz and Elias Khoury, and a magical and moving comic novel about the birth of modern Iraq. Kirkuk, Iraq, the 1950s. The day Hameed Nylon loses his job, and gains an unfortunate nickname, is the day that his life begins: dismissed as a chauffeur when rumors surface that he propositioned his British boss's posh-tart wife, Hameed finds his true calling as a revolutionary in an Iraq that is destined for a sea change. Also bent on bucking the system is Hameed's brother-in-law, the money-scheming butcher Khidir Musa, who runs off suddenly to Russia to find two brothers who have been missing since World War I. And the key to their fate is held by a seven-year-old boy, Burhan Abdallah, who stumbles upon an old chest in his attic that allows him to speak with three white-robed old men, beings who inform him that they are, in fact, angels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416567453
• ISBN13: 9781416567455
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Amussing angels...

I enjoyed the comedy of the every day life of the arab in this book. It has opened up a view of life in a part of the world I did not know anything about. Some of the stories were entertaining and some were very sad. This is a good read.