title: Misadventure in the Middle East: Travels as a Tramp, Artist and Spy
author:  Henry Hemming 
description: Hemming's insights and observations on crossing borders and boundaries - whether physical or in the mind - make him an ideal guide. We need more ambassadors like this.<b>Emel - The Muslim Lifestyle Magazine</b><br /><br />The brilliantly-written account of a daring journey, by turns hilarious and poignant, and a timely antidote to current misconceptions about the Middle East. Essential reading.<b>Jason Elliot, author of Mirrors of the Unseen and An Unexpected Light</b><br /><br />Hemming offers a refreshing innocence and openness, a voracious appetite for experience and encounter that makes him an honest and empathetic writer. He is funny with it. This is unusual and entertaining. Hemming is a fresh new voice, idealistic, engaging and human.<b>The Spectator</b><br /><br />A well written tale of artistic sincerity and youthful bravura.<b>The Telegraph</b><br /><br />Misadventure in the Middle East is more than a gripping story of a dangerous expedition. It is a journey of self- discovery and an exploration of what it is to be an artist in a fractured world.<b>John Mole, author of It??s All Greek To Me! and Mind Your Manners</b><br /><br />Misadventure in the Middle East is an engaging and highly readable account of a life-changing experience.<b>Wanderlust</b><br /><br />A fantastic journey, full of surprising incidents and exciting encounters, in which you never know where the travellers will end up next. High-spirited and often amusing, Hemming??s book also grapples with some of the big issues in the Middle East today.<b>Nicholas Jubber, author of The Prester Quest and winner of the Dolman Best First Travel Book Award</b><br /><br />A once-in-a-lifetime journey, full of youthful ebullience and idealism, but self-aware and brave too.<b>Colin Thubron, author of Shadow of the Silk Road and The Lost Heart of Asia</b>
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  Copyright © 2015 by Henry Hemming.
  
  
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  First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Preface Publishing
  
  
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