Babylon by Bus: Or True Story of Two Friends Who Gave Up Valuable Franchise Selling T-Shirts to Find Meaning & Adventure in Iraq Where They Became Emp

By Lance Hodge

This all-access, inside-out view of what the American occupation of Iraq really looks like on the ground is the story of two young Americans who went to Baghdad without any real plan and discovered they weren't the only ones. Underqualified but ingenious, Ray and Jeff found work with the Coalition Provisional Authority providing humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people amid an appalling atmosphere of corruption, incompetence, and horror. Gritty and irreverent, this is a wild ride inside the Red Zone and a strikingly original portrait of the real Iraq.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143038168
• ISBN13: 9780143038160
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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