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9780143058892: Babylon by Bus

Synopsis

A pair of scruffy college students describes how they left their retail jobs at Fenway Park to run the desk in Baghdad's Coalition Provisional Authority that served as an interface between the CPA and the Iraqi people, a job during which they witnessed firsthand the stresses of war on everyday people, as well as a range of disturbing illegal activities. Simultaneous.

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Review

A report from the civilian front lines . . . funny, provocative, maddening-and largely riveting. ("Chicago Sun-Times")

"Innocents Abroad meets Fear and Loathing" ... inside the mess of post-liberation Iraq. (Jon Lee Anderson, author of "The Fall of Baghdad")
A report from the civilian front lines . . . funny, provocative, maddeninguand largely riveting. ("Chicago Sun-Times")"

Innocents Abroad meets Fear and Loathing ... inside the mess of post-liberation Iraq. (Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad)
A report from the civilian front lines . . . funny, provocative, maddeninguand largely riveting. (Chicago Sun-Times)"

About the Author

Jeff Neumann worked as a volunteer NGO coordinator for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad in early 2004 after several failed attempts at becoming a professional poker player. He currently resides in New York City and continues to travel as much as possible while trying to stay out of third-world jails.

Ray LeMoine dropped out of Northeastern University in 1999 and spent the next five years running the "Yankees Suck" T-shirt operation outside Fenway Park. As CEO, he was based everywhere from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Spain's Basque region to Revere, Massachusetts. In early 2004, he traveled to Baghdad with Jeff Neumann to help spread freedom and democracy. He lives in New York.

Donovan Webster is an award-winning journalist and author. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Smithsonian, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. He is currently employed as spiritual adviser and bail bondsman for Jeff Neumann and Ray LeMoine.

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