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Summary: Praise for Paul William Roberts's THE DEMONIC COMEDY:
Review: "Paul William Roberts, a British writer who lives in Canada, has an eye for the incongruous and/or ludicrous, and employs it to useful effect; but his subject is Iraq under the terrorist regime of Saddam Hussein as well as the merciless military assault of America and its allies in the Persian Gulf War, so inevitably he must report on bloodshed and destruction, murder and deprivation. What is remarkable is that he does both so well . . . THE DEMONIC COMEDY is journalism of a high order, a burst of laughter in the darkness." -- Jonathan Yardley, THE WASHINGTON POST"Roberts has a sharp eye for the telling detail and a style to match . . . [He] takes this . . . work of reportage to heights of insight, important witness, and bravery." -- Marc Herman, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "You're never going to see this sort of reckless yet topnotch reporting on Dateline." -- MAXIM "Fusing gonzo journalism with lucid political history, this hilarious, insightful, and skewering look at Saddam Hussein's Iraq presents Westerners with a rare window into a country and a people often demonized but rarely understood." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Summary: From BOOK Magazine, March/April 1999
Review: "Using sharp humor and a savvy understanding of the Middle East, he has produced a book that should be required reading by everyone in the White House and State Department, and by every Middle Eastern government as well." -- Marshall Cohen, BOOK
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Summary: A mixed bag
Review: A disturbing, vivid and often funny account of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The author labors a little too hard to immitate Hunter S. Thompson's Gonzo Journalism style. I simply don't believe some of his escapades. I was very disturbed by the author's comparison of Israelis to Nazis while he discusses Iraq's raining of scud missles on civilians in Tel Aviv.
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Summary: A mixed bag
Review: A disturbing, vivid and often funny account of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The author labors a little too hard to immitate Hunter Thompson's Gonzo Journalism style. I simply don't believe some of his escapades. Most disturbing is the author's comparison of Israelis to Nazis while he discusses Iraq's raining of scud missles on civilians in Tel Aviv.
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Summary: PWR Does it Again
Review: A savagely funny, bitingly realistic description of three visits to Iraq, before, during and after Desert Storm. Chilling in its detailed realism. Buy it! (or at least check it out at the library)
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Summary: Hunter S. Thompson meets Joseph Campbell
Review: A wonderful mixture of history, theology, politics, human nature, travel, gallows humor and a plethora of reasons to re-examine our priorities as a nation and the official govt. party line. Certain passages were a little heady for me, but I'm no political scientist. Just buy it, you wont be sorry.
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Summary: A GREAT READ!
Review: Canadian resident Paul William Roberts is the equivelant of Joseph Campbell on Dave Barry. His theological background makes him the perfect medium for culture comparisons. He also has a modern day wit, perhaps borrowed from Hunter S. Thompson, but intergated into this tale of tragedy and woe so seamlessly that it kept me reading even through the history lessons that I may have snoozed through ordinarilly. Altogether a very different take on Iraq than the majority of the western world is used to. Buy it.
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Summary: A GREAT READ!
Review: Canadian resident Paul William Roberts is the equivelant of Joseph Campbell on Dave Barry. His theological background makes him the perfect medium for culture comparisons. He also has a modern day wit, perhaps borrowed from Hunter S. Thompson, but intergated into this tale of tragedy and woe so seamlessly that it kept me reading even through the history lessons that I may have snoozed through ordinarilly. Altogether a very different take on Iraq than the majority of the western world is used to. Buy it.
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Summary: Ultra cynical gonzo journalism at it's finest
Review: Earnest idealists and humorless conservatives will never get it. The book is screemingly funny, obviously written by a keen student of the tragiocomic human condition. Roberts does a fine job clubbing us over the head with the absurd realities of third world existance (and making us enjoy it), while never letting us forget the underlying human tragedy. Nothing's sacred here, not history, not his host's English skills, not the press corps, not 300 pound gay secret policeman, not George Bush, and certainly not Saddam Hussein. I particularly enjoyed Roberts' hilarious commentary on Saddam Hussein's official biography, his tripped out interview with the demonic dictator poster boy himself, and the bit where he dared the leader of Islamic Jihad to show him exactly, exactly mind you, where it says in the Koran that Israel must be destroyed. I also loved the eerily plausible conspiracy theory where George Bush orchestrated the invasion of Kuwait. On another level I cannot forget the harrowing descriptions of a clandestine trip into the heart of Bagdad in the midst of the Gulf War bombing. The book had me laughing and at the same time educated me a bit about the history of the region. I liked it immensly, but then I'm more cynical then your average third world dictator.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Excellent and very funny book, although parts of it are quite tragic.
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