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Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On a ravaged street overlooking a cemetery in Beirut's Christian enclave, we meet an eccentric young man named Pavlov, the son of a local undertaker. When his father meets a sudden and untimely death, Pavlov is approached by a colorful member of the mysterious Hellfire Society-an anti-religious sect that, among many rebellious and often salacious activities, arranges secret burial for outcasts who have been denied last rites because of their religion...