Mr. Pat
Written with both humor and poignancy, the narrator details the challenges, and frustration of an American working with the privileged few in the Third World, as well as his association with the peasant class, which created his contempt for their leaders, but a deep affection for the subjugated people forced by birth into a world of poverty and indifference.
“If I could convince others to read between these lines, they would find most of their problems are minor. In that event, then perhaps, like me, they will accept the pictures of a decaying world and the slaughter of the innocents as real and conclude living is better than simply existing. If they do, they will take the opportunity to make the best of the few short moments they have.”
Mr. Pat was born on April 15, 1942 into a middle-class American family. Always in a hurry but seldom settled, and after one impatient move after another he found himself embarking on a life-changing journey to the Middle East. Project Egypt is an engaging tale of Mr. Pat’s experiences, on the job and off, while working and living in Cairo, Egypt.
