Death Is Hard WorkA dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war Khaled Khalifas Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syrias ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination. Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son,