Misadventure in the Middle East: Travels as Tramp, Artist and

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Review ------ A once-in-a-lifetime journey, full of youthful ebullience and idealism, but self-aware and brave too. (Colin Thubron, author of Shadow of the Silk Road and The Lost Heart of Asia) A well written tale of artistic sincerity and youthful bravura. (Nigel Tisdall The Telegraph) Misadventure in the Middle East is an engaging and highly readable account of a life-changing experience. (Wanderlust) Hemming offers a refreshing innocence and openness, a voracious appetite for experience and encounter that makes him an honest and empathetic writer. He is funny with it. This is unusual and entertaining. Hemming is a fresh new voice, idealistic, engaging and human. (Justin Marozzi The Spectator) The brilliantly-written account of a daring journey, by turns hilarious and poignant, and a timely antidote to current misconceptions about the Middle East. Essential reading. (Jason Elliot, author of Mirrors of the Unseen and An Unexpected Light) A fantastic journey, full of surprising incidents and exciting encounters, in which you never know where the travellers will end up next. High-spirited and often amusing, Hemming’s book also grapples with some of the big issues in the Middle East today. (Nicholas Jubber, author of The Prester Quest and winner of the Dolman Best First Travel Book Award) Hemming's ins and observations on crossing borders and boundaries - whether physical or in the mind - make him an ideal guide. We need more ambassadors like this. (Emel - The Muslim Lifestyle Magazine) 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. (John Mole, author of It’s All Greek To Me! and Mind Your Manners) Book Description ---------------- 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, cells, nightclubs, torture chambers, brothels and artists' studios to a Fourth of July party with American GIs in one of Saddam's former palaces.