Fish Out of Water: The Perils of Abroad

thorold: Naïve young Englishman in Berlin notices a lot of men in brown uniforms marching around

bluepiano: Deeply impressive book about expatriates in unspecified African country written by an ex-pat who lives in Africa.

thorold: Hapless nature correspondent mistakenly sent to Africa

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.

aulsmith: Americans in Barcelona

bluepiano: Ugly Americans don't always come from America.

aulsmith: Young Dutch man in Nagasaki during Japan's closed period.

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.

bluepiano: European salaryman visits Japan. Comeuppance, not cherry blossoms.

bluepiano: Disappearance, corruption, natural disaster. Lord knows one wouldn't find those at home.