Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn A Hitchhiker's Adventures in the New Iran

Name: Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn A Hitchhiker's Adventures in the New Iran
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ISBN: 9781616086879

ISBN-10: 1616086874

ISBN-13: 9781616086879

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Authors: Jamie Maslin

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When Jamie Maslin decides to backpack the entire length of the Silk Road, he doesn’t plan, he just does. So when he gets unexpectedly stranded in Iran, a country he’s only read about in newspapers, he has to make the best of it, secretly wondering whether he’ll live to tell the tale. In this unique memoir Booklist calls "intrepid, observant, funny, and charming," Maslin explores Tabriz, Tehran, Esfahn, and the ancient city of Persepolis; visits museums, bazaars, and nightclubs; eats well and drinks loads of tea, and, on one wild night, 96-proof ethanol (the possession of alcohol is punishable by hand-amputation). Maslin marvels at the subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture,…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Jamie Maslin is a writer and traveler. He has hitchhiked from England to Iran and couchsurfed all over Venezuela. He is the author ofnbsp;Iranian Rappers and Persian Pornnbsp;andnbsp;Socialist Dreams and Beautynbsp;Queens. He lives in Australia.nbsp;



Introduction


Prologue



Close Encounters of the Mustachioed Kind



Hitchhiking to the Axis of Evil



Tourist at the Border



Disco Lake with Ferris Wheels



German Pop Songs and Chains of Misery



Rules of the Road



Mosquito Mayhem



The Assassins and the Smoking Car



Underworld Paradise



All the Gear but No Idea



Mullah Madness



Milan, Paris, London, Tehran: Party Time!



Traveling in Style with the Single-Handed Man



The Jewel of Esfahan



Mr. Private Jef s Gate of All Nations



"Super Film" with Celine Dion and Eminem



Who's A-knocking on That Door?



Den of Espionage



English Expert



Strange Encounter