Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia

De: Tony Horwitz

Narrado por: Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz

“A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world’s most combustible region.” (The New York Times Book Review)

National Best Seller

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz's 1991 classic account of his travels across the Middle East and through the Arabian Peninsula, now in audiobook for the first time.

With razor-sharp wit and insight, intrepid journalist Tony Horwitz gets beyond solemn newspaper headlines and romantic myths of the 1990s to offer startling, honest close-ups of the Middle East. His quest for hot stories takes him from the tribal wilds of Yemen to the shell-pocked shores of Lebanon; from the sands of the Sudan to the souks of Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

Careening through 14 countries, including the Sudan, Iraq, Israel, and Afghanistan, Horwitz travels light, packing a keen eye, a wicked sense of humor, and chutzpah in overwhelming measure. This wild and comic tale of misadventure reports on a fascinating world in which the ancient and the modern collide.

©1991 Tony Horwitz (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“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[s].” (Chicago Tribune)

Absolutely Horrible Narration

This is a great book. It was one of the funniest I've ever read - emphasis on 'read'. The narration is absolutely horrible and sucks the humor and everything else of value out of the book. I can only urge you to listen to the sample before spending money or your credit on it. I don't think this is ever done but I hope whoever is responsible for this fiasco gets a narrator who knows what they're doing and redoes this book. If that happens I'd buy it a second time. That should make it crystal clear how good this book is and what a dud the narration is.