Out of Mesopotamia"Abdoh's powerful novel follows an Iranian war reporter who is torn between his wearying job on the front lines and a civilian existence that he finds increasingly alienating. The book is as much a reflection on memory and art as it is a war story, and Abdoh's writing captures beautifully the absurdity of both the battlefield and modern life." New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Saleh, the narrator of Out of Mesopotamia, is a middle aged