false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168030064m/29446.jpg 29446 4 Horwitz has the touch, the ability to astutely capture the ludicrous essence of an experience while filling in all the pertinent socio-historic details. He chews qat with the Yemenis, plays soccer with the Sudanese Dinka refugees and listens to an endless refrain of "You are the perfume of Iraq, oh Saddam" in Baghdad. Horwitz' eye and wit are equally sharp, and his book is an exceptionally good read. 3963318 1991 Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia total:411|5:122|4:185|3:94|2:9|1:1| 411 1651 637 63 4 2 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 21 17:15:49 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 07:02:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 12:29:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 12:45:33 -0700 2009
That said, the quality of writing in this book is not as good as the others. It seemed a tad flat to me. That’s unfortunate because, given the topic, this may be his most...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 03 08:09:01 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:53:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 23 08:40:24 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 08:46:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Mon Mar 05 12:01:17 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 12:01:49 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 17 09:08:30 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 09:08:30 -0700 2007 Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia, is as good-natured and readable as it is devoid of political posturing -- or, for that matter, political context or even substantial insight.

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The best part of the book were the human interactions he had. Throughout his travels to write stories for magazines and news...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 25 11:24:30 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 11:26:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 20:28:28 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 20:31:07 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Mar 12 12:45:56 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:48:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 18:27:43 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 17:56:50 -0700 2007
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