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| The Boy in the Green Suit: An Innocent Abroad in the Middle East | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Hillman
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3123234
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 254
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1840240571
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781840240573
ASIN: 1840240571
Publication Date: January 2005
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Product Description
A funny and beautifully written travel memoir about the charmed life of an innocent. Robert Hillman, 16, lives a Walter Mittyesque existence in rural Victoria, Australia. Disliked by his stepmother and misunderstood by his father, Bobby is bored and lonely. He fantasizes about finding an island paradise in the Indian Ocean inhabited by half-naked women. Inspired by his impossible dream, Bobby sets sail for Ceylon dressed in his best suit, carrying a cardboard suitcase full of books and a typewriter. He has no money, no return ticket and, seemingly, no concerns for his future. Dropping anchor not in Ceylon but Athens, he barters his way through Istanbul, Tehran and Kuwait, lurching from slums to brothels to an implausible job at a hotel in Pakistan and even a fleeting jail term.
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BRILLIANT October 4, 2005
With no money in his pocket and no visa in his passport, Hillman finds himself not in Ceylon, but in Athens. With no money and no job, he travels through Istanbul, Tehran and Kuwait. He finds work washing dishes, teaching English and even as a maitre de at a ritzy hotel. But most of the time there is no work, and Robert is forced to hitch rides, beg and barter his possessions to survive. Finally he ends up in a prison on the border of Pakistan, where he finally begins to see and accept who he is and to find the acceptance he has long craved.
Intertwined with the travel tale are tales of Hillman's childhood and of his family, particularly his father's tale of struggle and sorrow. These stories show the reader where the young Hillman has come from and glimpse where he is going.
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