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Eddie's Desert Rose by Vincent Meis (Paperback / softback, 2011)

It is the 1980's and everyone is trying to get ahead. In EDDIE'S DESERT ROSE American brothers, Dave and Eddie Bates, seek their fortune as guest workers in Saudi Arabia. Eddie rebels against the restrictions of life in the Kingdom, and on one of his adventures out into the desert he befriends a man who takes him to meet a Saudi prince. The next day he turns up dead. Details are lacking. Questions go unanswered. Dave will stop at thing to find out why his brother had to die. Accompanied by his wife, Maura, he begins a search across three continents to find out who is responsible for his brother's death. The hunt takes them back to Saudi Arabia and eventually into a trap where Dave, like his brother before him, becomes caught in the middle of the struggle between the pre-Al Qaeda fundamentalist Saudis and the more liberal Arabs who lean toward the West. It is a quest that forces him to lose his incence, and to come to terms with disturbing truths about his country, his brother, and his wife.

Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
Vincent Meis grew up in Decatur, Illinois. From there he went south, and then east, and then west. Eventually he would cross the great oceans. For the last twenty years he has lived in San Francisco and taught English as a Second Language at the City College of San Francisco. He has also taught English in Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Mexico.
Date of Publication
10/08/2011
Country of Publication
United States

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