{"product_id":"india-charm-offensive-michael-sobotta-9780692718711","title":"India Charm Offensive: An Expat Pilot Flies The South Asia Jungle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Exuberant--and funny--without neglecting the seriousness of surviving a year of love and war.\" --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere, we enjoy a triple feature: excellent writing, fascinating stories, and learning the rich first-hand experience of an American contract helicopter pilot. Sobotta provides a humorous autobiography of his time working and flying on government missions in India, and it documents his first year there when culture shock was at its strongest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe bureaucratic process that pervades Indian society, shooting incidents, the trials of an ancient land with thousands of gods--plus other recipes for personal and professional disaster--vie with the tastes, sounds, and colors that make up India. This book reveals to readers not just accounts of helicopter aviation or politics, but an immersion into a strange new world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the author traveled around different parts of India, rural and urban, interacting with its people, he slowly moved beyond colossal cultural differences to a real sense of the country and its incongruities and wonders. Readers along for the ride can expect a journey filled with the turbulence that is India's psyche--but a journey also peppered with revealing and astonishing encounters that capture India's nuances and flavors. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSobotta has a talent for storytelling and eliciting a chuckle, the result blends high flying adventure with expat experiences in a narrative that requires little familiarity with India or aviation. All that is required is an interest in this exotic country and in a rollicking good read that candidly portrays a series of startling, often hilarious encounters with India's people, politics, and unique world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Sobotta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692718710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692718711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Globerunner Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2017","brand":"Michael Sobotta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483635855615,"sku":"9780692718711","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a08b1d9b-9843-427b-a913-35dac8b63ce3.jpg?v=1778039681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/india-charm-offensive-michael-sobotta-9780692718711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}