Elvis is Titanic: Classroom Tales from the Other Iraq

Ian Klaus

In the spring of 2005, Ian Klaus, a twenty-six-year-old Rhodes Scholar, travelled eight hours from Turkey, via broken-down taxi and armed convoy, to reach Salahaddin University in Arbil, the largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Elvis Is Titanic is the poignant, funny, and eye-opening story of the semester he spent there teaching U.S. history and English in the thick of the war for hearts and minds.

A runaway success in the United States, we are pleased to bring Ian Klaus’ inspiring work to Australia.

Praise for Elvis is Titanic:

Captivating…A fascinating exploration of a society jolted by great change…Klaus imbues the narrative with an easy humor …[and he] also has a fine eye for the characters who are churned up in war’s aftermath…Klaus, who is not yet 30, displays greater insight than many authors twice his age and twice as self-important. Elvis is Titanic beautifully captures the quotidian and often chaotic realities behind how history is made.

NIALL STANAGE, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Book details

PUBLICATION DATE: 2008
FORMAT: Paperback
EXTENT: 184 pages
SIZE: 255 x 155 mm
ISBN: 9781921401176
RIGHTS: Australia and New Zealand
CATEGORY: Out of Print,