Fake Plastic Souks - The Fear Returns Paperback – February 28, 2014

These selected blog posts are an enjoyable, fun read from a highly informed British expat who is an excellent writer and who has lived and worked in Dubai for over 25 years, and who has travelled throughout the Arab world.This book picks up where the first volume of blog posts leaves off, and is even more fun, informative, and entertaining. It is advisable that you read the first volume first, which contains McNabb's blog posts from the years of massive over-the-top build-up in Dubai (2007-2009).A fair percentage of posts are on general-interest or globally relevant topics, and are, like the other posts, fun and informative and insightful.This is an inexpensive read that is quite entertaining, and that you can start and stop and then pick up later when you feel the urge. McNabb has a gift for making the Arab world understandable, human, and relatable to Western audiences, as his novels also demonstrate. This book also has great travel tips for anyone visiting the UAE!