Hoot's family fled fighting in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, like many of the more than 6, 000 people living in this rain-soaked camp, erected in a border customs compound on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey.

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Like the brooding Manhattan of the "Godfather" films, this Gotham is an organic entity, whether pelted by yellow rain reminiscent of "Blade Runner, " overrun by criminal lunatics sprung from their asylums, or beset by toxic fogs.

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