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Sheiks, Lies and Real Estate

Sheiks, Lies and Real Estate

Author(s): J R Roth

Location(s): Dubai

Genre(s): Fiction

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Adam is awestruck from the moment he steps off the plane, finding himself at the centre of a fairytale world of wealth and excess, cowboys and crooks, and hookahs and hookers. But as he delves deeper under the deceptive veil of the immense skyscrapers, lavish hotels, beautiful women and unspeakable riches, it is soon apparent that the rollercoaster city of Dubai hides a sinister underbelly which will either make or break him.” ‘Sheikhs, Lies and Real Estate’ tells the remarkable story of one man’s journey through the rise and fall of Dubai, the world’s fastest city. This is the extraordinary untold tale of a rude awakening from an Arabian dream…

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Dubai really is the main character in this book. It does “expose” the negative underbelly of the city, but having just returned from a trip there, I found re-awakened my trip and gave me...

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