The Boy in the Green Suit

An Innocent Abroad in the Middle East

Robert Hillman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2005
Summersdale Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84024-057-3 (ISBN)

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A funny and beautifully written travel memoir about the charmed life of an innocent. Robert Hillman, 16, lives a Walter Mittyesque existence in rural Victoria, Australia. Disliked by his stepmother and misunderstood by his father, Bobby is bored and lonely. He fantasizes about finding an island paradise in the Indian Ocean inhabited by half-naked women. Inspired by his impossible dream, Bobby sets sail for Ceylon dressed in his best suit, carrying a cardboard suitcase full of books and a typewriter. He has no money, no return ticket and, seemingly, no concerns for his future. Dropping anchor not in Ceylon but Athens, he barters his way through Istanbul, Tehran and Kuwait, lurching from slums to brothels to an implausible job at a hotel in Pakistan and even a fleeting jail term.

Robert Hillman has travelled extensively, is the author of four novels and lives in Victoria, Australia with his partner.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.4.2005
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Asien
ISBN-10	1-84024-057-1 / 1840240571
ISBN-13	978-1-84024-057-3 / 9781840240573
Zustand	Neuware