“A PHANTASMIK APOCALYPTO BEGINS,” The Fatwa ConfessionHafez confides in Tyler, his Best Buy co-worker, how a fatwa nearly marked his name and drove him from Iran. But Zahhak, the serpent-shouldered king who has just seized Persia, stirs. Zahhak reminds Hafez that ICE has counted his teeth. His only escape is his oath, the comic deal of the millennium. “If Mr. al-Miller crowned Xerxes, Hafez WILL deliver my exodus.”
