Our Man in Iraq - Couverture souple

Perisic, Robert; Judah, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908236043 ISBN 13 : 9781908236043

Editeur : Istros Books, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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

Revue de presse :

'Robert Perisic depicts, with acerbic wit, a class of urban elites who are trying to reconcile their nineties rebellion with the reality of present-day Croatia. . . . The characters' snide remarks could easily sound cynical but the novel has a levity informed by the sense of social fluidity that comes with democracy.' --The New Yorker

'terrifically witty and original. . . in addition to being a delightfully acerbic primer on a literarily underrepresented part of Europe, Our Man in Iraq may well prove to be one of those rare cases where something is actually gained in translation.' --The Toronto Star

'Despite the serious themes, the novel is largely comic and in many ways falls into the same genre of satirical anti-war novels that includes The Good Soldier by Jaroslav Hasek and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. Perisic constructs a series of long and entertaining scenes full of quirky dialogue and rhythmic interior monologue.' --Times Literary Supplement

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Istros Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1908236043
• ISBN 13: 9781908236043
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 260