This is the thrilling story of how Graham Hutt and his friends were arrested and imprisoned in Morocco. All because one of them possessed a small black bag containing something the police and a judge were to deem ‘illegal in Morocco’ – Bibles. The penalties totalled nearly half a million dollars, plus imprisonment; and all because of this ‘minor indiscretion’. Read of the author’s long fight to prove his innocence, regain his yacht and the freedom to visit the country he Morocco. This is a fast-paced chronicle of the friends’ adventures, with unique insights into the Arab culture.
This was an unusual story, being a real life drama meant there was only so much the author could do to capture the attention of the reader. I had a very clear image of the author in my mind as I read about his ordeal and that made it a frustrating read as he was a frustrating man! The whole situation was frustrating to the extreme so maybe the tone was spot on.
The historical events held my attention throughout the book as I eagerly anticipated the unfolding of further mistreatment. However, I found the author's methods to sustain reader engagement somewhat overstretched within the book.