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Zusatztext Misadventure in the Middle East is more than a gripping story of a dangerous expedition. It is a journey of self- discovery and an exploration of what it is to be an artist in a fractured world. Informationen zum Autor Henry Hemming lives in London, UK. Klappentext In this extraordinary and highly original account of one man's amazing journey, a young British artist spends a year traveling throughout the Middle East, from the drug-fuelled ski slopes of Iran via secret beaches, palaces, police cells, nightclubs, torture chambers, brothels, and studios. RA once-in-a-lifetime journey, full of youthful ebullience and idealism, but self-aware, too, and brave.S--Colin Thubron, author of "Shadow of the Silk Road" and "Behind the Wall."Henry Hemming's extraordinary journey takes him from the drug-fuelled ski-slopes of Iran via some of the region's secret beaches, palaces, army barracks, police cells, nightclubs, torture chambers, brothels and artists' studios to a Fourth of July party with American GIs in one of Saddam's former palaces. Zusammenfassung Henry Hemming's extraordinary journey takes him from the drug-fuelled ski-slopes of Iran via some of the region's secret beaches, palaces, army barracks, police cells, nightclubs, torture chambers, brothels and artists' studios to a Fourth of July party with American GIs in one of Saddam's former palaces.
