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Cell Block Five: An Iraqi Novel Habib; Fiction; A Tunisian novel shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the ÔArabic BookerÕ); FICTION / Literary" Wonderful' GuardianFadhil al AzzawiBeing plucked from a Baghdad caf and deposited in a cell block for political prisoners is a wakeup call for Aziz, the novels hero and narrator, a young man who has been living on automatic pilotas if he were a guest visiting his own lifeand he is finally forced to come to terms with the flawed world we inhabit and shape. Although never charged with any offense, he must adjust to a lengthy stay in prison, where he is befriended by Salam