Fish Out of Water: The Perils of Abroad

Description
Literature dealing with ordinary people living or travelling in foreign countries who because of ignorance/wilfulness/chance get in over their heads and/or find themselves in danger.
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13,915 members
167 reviews
3.8
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3,491 members
65 reviews
½ 3.5
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thorold, Dilara86
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2,411 members
42 reviews
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thorold, aulsmith
Explanations
thorold: Naïve young Englishman in Berlin notices a lot of men in brown uniforms marching around
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483 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
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30 members
1 review
4.8
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bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: Deeply impressive book about expatriates in unspecified African country written by an ex-pat who lives in Africa.
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4,216 members
92 reviews
3.8
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thorold
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thorold: Hapless nature correspondent mistakenly sent to Africa
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419 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
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bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: The Sheltering Sky is a more obvious choice but I don't know of any book with an ominous atmosphere equal to that in Up Above the World.
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211 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Americans in Barcelona
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127 members
4 reviews
3
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bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: Ugly Americans don't always come from America.
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26,268 members
432 reviews
½ 3.6
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aulsmith
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12,113 members
139 reviews
3.9
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thorold
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582 members
7 reviews
3.9
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bluepiano
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6,522 members
331 reviews
4.1
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Young Dutch man in Nagasaki during Japan's closed period.
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63 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
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bluepiano
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154 members
6 reviews
3.8
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bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: Bouvier was a notable travel writer; this is his only novel. After many months abroad a traveller falls ill in Sri Lanka & is torn asunder by feverish hallucinations and delusions.
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11 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: European salaryman visits Japan. Comeuppance, not cherry blossoms.
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13 members
½ 2.5
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bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: Disappearance, corruption, natural disaster. Lord knows one wouldn't find those at home.
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19 members
2 reviews
½ 2.5
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bluepiano
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143 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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bluepiano
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62 members
3.9
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bluepiano
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118 members
5 reviews
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bluepiano
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474 members
15 reviews
½ 3.4
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bluepiano
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74 members
4 reviews
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bluepiano
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4 members
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