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Abir scrapes a living in a Beirut hospital morgue by night, stealing from both the bodies he tends and his bosses. But he has a dark history that continues to haunt him. Earlier in the civil war, he fled his village for Beirut and, lost in the big city, joined a political party to survive. When he is kidnapped from the hospital, he knows he has not escaped his past and the many crimes he witnessed. But what or who is still chasing him?

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Guard of the Dead: A Novel

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    A Paperback / softback by George Yarak, Raphael Cohen, Raphael Cohen

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      Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/04/2019
      ISBN13: 9789774169106, 978-9774169106
      ISBN10: 9774169107

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      Book Synopsis
      Abir scrapes a living in a Beirut hospital morgue by night, stealing from both the bodies he tends and his bosses. But he has a dark history that continues to haunt him. Earlier in the civil war, he fled his village for Beirut and, lost in the big city, joined a political party to survive. When he is kidnapped from the hospital, he knows he has not escaped his past and the many crimes he witnessed. But what or who is still chasing him?

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      "Observant, perceptive. . . deserves recognition."— World Literature Today

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