{"product_id":"9781324002918-beirut-hellfire-society-a-novel","title":"Beirut Hellfire Society","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003eA searing and visionary novel set in war-torn 1970s Beirut, from an author praised for his \"fierce poetic originality\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e) and \"uncompromising vision\" (Colm Tóibín).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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 or sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePavlov agrees to take on his father’s work for the society, and over the course of the novel he becomes a survivor-chronicler of his embattled and fading community at the heart of Lebanon’s civil war. His new role introduces him to an unconventional cast of characters, including a father searching for his son’s body, a mysterious woman who takes up residence on Pavlov’s stairs after a bombing, and the flamboyant head of the Hellfire Society, El-Marquis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeftly combining comedy with tragedy, gritty reality with surreal absurdity, \u003cem\u003eBeirut Hellfire Society\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What, after all, can be preserved in the face of certain change and imminent death? The answer is at once propulsive, elegiac, outrageous, profane, and transcendent—and a profoundly moving fable on what it means to live through war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55171647144310,"sku":"9781324002918","price":23.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_8112206_jpg.jpg?v=1737426627","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781324002918-beirut-hellfire-society-a-novel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}