A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020 "Capitalism and religious fundamentalism collide in Girod's shimmering account of one man's heresy and imminent execution."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Mansour al-Jaza ri is on his way to his public execution. As his faithful friend Hussein looks on, the crowd calls for his head. Gassouh Gassouh It is a time when age-old rituals play out amid skyscrapers...