What Is the Social-Horror Book Genre?
These 7 Social-Horror Books Are Equal Parts Thought-Provoking and Terrifying
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Set in U.S.-occupied Baghdad circa 2005, Frankenstein in Baghdad ($13) follows Hadi, a scavenger, who collects human body parts to stitch together to create a corpse after losing his best friend in a bombing. His goal is for the government to recognise the individual body parts as people and give them a proper burial. But when the body goes missing, a wave of murders sweeps the city, with eye-witnesses reporting a horrendious-looking killer who cannot be killed despite being shot. Hadi realises he has created a monster who survives on human flesh — and no one is safe from it.