Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in ArabiaThe author recounts his experiences traveling through the Middle East, describing Beirut's shell-shocked streets, the Ayatollah Khomeini's grief-crazed funeral, and an unexpected encounter with Muammar Qadaffi |
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User Review - themythicalcodfish - LibraryThingWhile the prose is considerably less polished than his later books, "Baghdad" is still an excellent piece of travel literature from Tony Horwitz. A great deal of the appeal of his writing is how he ... Read full review
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User Review - snash - LibraryThingThe book offers a picture of the Mid-East in the late 1980's. While describing his travels he provides insight on the contradictions and dilemmas of the ordinary people he runs across. He writes with ... Read full review
Contents
We Must Go to the East | 5 |
Confessions of a QatEater | 13 |
For You I Make a Special Deal | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in Arabia |
| Author | Tony Horwitz |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 22, 2008 |
| Length | 276 pages |
| Subjects | › Travel / Essays & Travelogues Travel / General |
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