| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
295 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published as Out of Iraq: London : Bantam, 2007. |
| Contents |
The escape -- The interrogation -- The shadow of a tyrants -- The road to al-Mansour -- A shot in the dark -- Baghdad -- A journey at night -- No going back -- Amman -- The comfort of strangers -- Caught -- The smuggler -- The kiss -- A knock at the door -- The devil, Iblis -- Going back -- The genuine man -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
An Iraqi-born actor raised in England describes how a visit to his homeland led to his being conscripted into the Iraqi army and selected for Saddam's elite intelligence service, driving him to make a desperate escape from his native land. |
| Subject |
Alsamari, Lewis.
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Iraqis -- Biography.
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Refugees -- Iraq -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
Out of Iraq
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| ISBN |
9780307394019 |
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0307394018 |
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