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 employed by the Occupation...

By: Ray LeMoine, Jeff Neumann, Donovan Webster

Narrated by: Jeremy Davidson

The true story of two young American men who came to Baghdad without a plan, were recruited into an occupation that knew the feeling, and witnessed enough corruption, confusion, and brutality to fill the pages of a very good book.©2006 Ray LeMoine and Jeff Neumann; (P)2006 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

Critic reviews

Innocents Abroad meets Fear and Loathing ... inside the mess of post-liberation Iraq. (Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad)

A report from the civilian front lines . . . funny, provocative, maddeningùand largely riveting. (Chicago Sun-Times)

self-satisfied schmucks in Iraq

This was a fascinating view onto the conflict in Iraq, well worth listening to for that alone. Unfortunately, the authors of the book are truly obnoxious and so full of themselves that it is painful to realize that for many people they met in the Middle East, these guys represented America.

Good to see them grow up... a little

This is an interesting story and and interesting perspective. It's the memoire of a couple of back-pack sub-culture druggies who manage to get themselves to Iraq to work with the Coalition Provisional Authority. They do some good. They make lots of mistakes. At least they seem to be pretty transparent about their mistakes and one can almost see them growing up... a little.

It's a different perspective. Not a bad listen, but you can do better.

Brilliant

As a vet of the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I thought this book brilliantly depicted the chaos of the theatre of operations that is Iraq and Afghanistan. And GO Red Sox!

Crazy hardcore kids.

Very intriguing story about how charisma and street smarts can help keep you alive in the most dangerous parts of the world.