Escape from Baghdad! e-bog
86,52 DKK
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Two down on their luck black-marketeers, Dagr and Kinza, have inherited a very important prisoner: the former star torturer of Saddams recently collapsed Baathist regime, Captain Hamid, who promises them untold riches if they smuggle him to Mosul. With the heat on, they enlist the help of Private Hoffman, their partner in crime and a U.S. Marine, who undertakes to help them escape the authoriti...
E-bog
86,52 DKK
Forlag
The Unnamed Press
Udgivet
16 marts 2015
Længde
256 sider
Genrer
War, combat and military adventure fiction
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781939419323
Two down on their luck black-marketeers, Dagr and Kinza, have inherited a very important prisoner: the former star torturer of Saddams recently collapsed Baathist regime, Captain Hamid, who promises them untold riches if they smuggle him to Mosul. With the heat on, they enlist the help of Private Hoffman, their partner in crime and a U.S. Marine, who undertakes to help them escape the authorities.But getting out of Baghdad is no easy task. The city is crawling with traps and alive with 5000 years of history. Soon they are embroiled in the search for a serial killer and the mysteries of an ancient watch that doesnt tell time. Hounded by religious fanatics, crazed librarians, alchemists, special elements of the former Iraqi secret service, not to mention the United States army, the odd foursome must survive long enough to discover the truth. And in this place where life is constantly under siege the truth may be, quite simply, the secret to eternal life.With a satiric eye firmly cast on the absurdity of human violence, Escape from Baghdad features more than a few shades of Hellers Catch-22 and David O'Russells Three Kings while doing something all-together shocking: giving voice, ribald humor, and some epic firepower to people most often referred to as collateral damage.