A lay-about, beggar and philanderer who whiles away his days looking for a free drink or a lay, returns to his flat one day to find a wolf sitting in waiting for him. A short story by the award-winning Iraqi author Hassan Blasim, taken from his collection The Iraqi Christ.
Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and writer who lives in Finland. He writes in Arabic.He is co-editor of the Arabic literary website http://www.iraqstory.com/