Summary Our Man in Iraq
Despite its title, “Our Man in Iraq” is mainly set in Zagreb, Croatia. A Croatian journalist convinces his boss to hire his cousin as a news reporter during the Iraq War in 2003. When the cousin goes missing, the journalist tries to conceal his disappearance from his family and the newspaper.
Reasons to read Our Man in Iraq
“Our Man in Iraq” is a smart and witty anti-war novel that explores themes of truth and reliability, set in Zagreb in the early 2000s. Robert Perišić is a prominent contemporary Croatian author. His novel “Our Man in Iraq” was a bestseller in Croatia and won the award for best novel of the year from the Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list in 2007, and the Literature Prize of the Austrian Bank Steiermärkischen Sparkasse in 2011.
Setting: Zagreb (Croatia)
Year of publication: 2003
Original title: Naš čovjek na terenu
Nr of pages: 208
