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Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia

And Other Misadventures in Arabia

Author: Tony Horwitz  

This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure is "a very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region. Fearlessness is a valuable quality in a travel writer, and Mr. Horwitz . . . seems as intrepid as they come".—The New York Times Book Review.

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This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure is "a very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region. Fearlessness is a valuable quality in a travel writer, and Mr. Horwitz . . . seems as intrepid as they come".—The New York Times Book Review.

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"A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region."--The New York Times Book ReviewNATIONAL BESTSELLER With razor-sharp wit and insight, intrepid journalist Tony Horwitz gets beyond solemn newspaper headlines and romantic myths of Arabia to offer startling close-ups of a volatile region few Westerners understand. His quest for hot stories takes him from the tribal wilds of Yemen to the shell-pocked shores of Lebanon; from the malarial sands of the Sudan to the eerie souks of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, a land so secretive that even street maps and weather reports are banned. As an oasis in the Empty Quarter, a veiled woman offers tea and a mysterious declaration of love. In Cairo, "politeness police" patrol seedy nightclubs to ensure that belly dancers don't show any belly. And at the Ayatollah's funeral in Tehran a mourner chants, "Death to America," then confesses to the author his secret dream--to visit Disneyland. Careening through thirteen Muslim countries and Israel, Horwitz travels light, packing a keen eye, a wicked sense of humor, and chutzpah in almost suicidal measure. This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure reveals a fascinating world in which the ancient and the modern collide. "As a document of the cultural impasse that brought on the war, this is unsurpassed."--Village Voice "High-spirited and entertaining."--The New Yorker "A timely and incisive insider's description of the mysterious Arab World . . . Tony Horwitz is an ideal guide for American Reader."--Chicago Tribune

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Critic Reviews

“"A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region." -- The New York Times Book Review "As a document of the cultural impasse that brought on the war, this is unsurpassed."-- Village Voice "High-spirited and entertaining."-- The New Yorker "A timely and incisive insider's description of the mysterious Arab World . . . Tony Horwitz is an ideal guide for American Reader."-- Chicago Tribune”

"A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region."--The New York Times Book Review "As a document of the cultural impasse that brought on the war, this is unsurpassed."--Village Voice "High-spirited and entertaining."--The New Yorker "A timely and incisive insider's description of the mysterious Arab World . . . Tony Horwitz is an ideal guide for American Reader."--Chicago Tribune

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About the Author

Tony Horwitz is the author of "Confederates in the Attic", "Baghdad Without a Map", and "One for the Road". He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked as a war correspondent for the "Wall Street Journal" and as a staff writer for "The New Yorker". He lives in Virginia with his wife, Geraldine Brooks, and their son, Nathaniel.

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Product Details

Publisher
Plume Books | New American Library
Published
31st January 1992
Pages
304
ISBN
9780452267459

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