Our Man in Iraq: A Croatian Scoop - Softcover

Robert Perisic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908236043 ISBN 13: 9781908236043

Publisher: Istros Books, 2012

Synopsis

A journalist, whose marriage is at the point of collapse, sends his cousin out to report on the war in Iraq in his absence. It's not long before things begin to unravel. While he struggles to hold on to his actress girlfriend, his cousin goes missing. Marriage, job and family are all at stake in Our Man In Iraq this comic take on the conflict in Iraq, told from the Balkans, where politics, nepotism and journalism seem inextricably linked.

''In general terms, there are only a few tests of a good book. The first and really big one, however, is whether you want to know what happens next. The second, which obviously does not apply if you are reading science fiction or a historical romance, say, is whether you think, ""Yes, exactly!"" about descriptions of people and places. I am not Croatian, but I am a journalist and I know lots of the people in this book not literally, of course, but I recognise their characters. All the way through, not only did want to know what happened next, but I kept thinking, ""Yes, exactly!""' -- Tim Judah, Balkans correspondent for The Economist

About this title

About the Author

Robert Perisic has created his own audience and his own position in modern Croatian literature, and his books portray an authentic view of society in transition and the (anti)heroes who inhabit it. He is the author of two collections of short stories and one poetry collection; his first novel, Our Man in Iraq, was the bestselling Croatian novel of 2008 and also received the most important Croatian literary award from the daily newspaper Jutarnji list. Robert Peri i s journalistic articles regularly appear in the respected Croatian weekly Globus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Istros Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908236043
• ISBN 13: 9781908236043
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260