The demonic comedy
Paul William Roberts
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The demonic comedy
Published
June 3, 1999
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9781840181814
ISBN-10
1840181818
Description
Paul William Roberts first visited Iraq during the Arab summit in 1990. He went back in 1991 during the Gulf War. One of the few journalists to get into Iraq, he was arrested by soldiers on the outskirts of Baghdad at the height of the Allied attack and witnessed the nightmarish effect of the bombing on the city's civilians and infrastructure. In 1995, he received a surprise invitation to the "International Babylon Festival" and was able to revisit what little was left of Baghdad. Roberts ranges from Hunter Thompson-like gonzo journalism to skilled historical analysis, untangling the complicated history of Iraq and its neighbors, to intrepid interviews, discussing movies and religion with a frightening array of madmen, from Hussein himself, the man "whose mother looked like Anthony Quinn playing Mother Teresa," to Assad Bayoud al-Tamimi, the less than benevolent father figure of the Islamic Jihad. At once chilling and hysterically funny, The Demonic Comedy is a unique travel memoir, an eye-witness testament to the horrors of dictatorship and the devastation of war.
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This edition of The demonic comedy has approximately 320 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, The demonic comedy typically takes between 6h 40m and 4h 27m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 80,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of The demonic comedy?
The demonic comedy was written by Paul William Roberts.
When was The demonic comedy published?
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