Jokes for the Gunmen - Mazen Maarouf Numb with grief

Numb with grief

What emerges is a thrilling and sweeping tale based on true events that shatters her certainties about her family

and Constantinople is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade

with his master and a ferocious dog on his heels

On the ice she meets the married Otto

Jokes for the Gunmen - Mazen Maarouf Numb with griefThese are stories of what the world looks like from a child's pure but sometimes vengeful or muddled perspective. These are stories of life in a war zone, life peppered by surreal mistakes, tragic accidents and painful encounters. These are stories of fantasist matadors, lost limbs and perplexed voyeurs. This is a collection about sex, death and the all important skill of making life into a joke. These are unexpected stories by a very fresh voice.