For months Jim Tierney sent out his resume with no results. An economic recession in 1990 raged. A home addition he started languishes from lack of funds. His self- esteem is in the crapper. One day he receives an unexpected phone call offering him a job that comes with a villa and a houseboy. What? He accepts the job immediately because he's lost and has to find his way in the world again. He accepts the job before telling his wife and daughter that the job is in Saudi Arabia and there's a war right around the corner.Thus begins his coming of age story in his thirties where he encounters jaded expatriates, Cold Warriors, smugglers, CIA operatives, a Mormon with a Mercedes, U2 and F-16 pilots, a neo-Nazi, a drug-addicted Saudi Officer, a faithful houseboy, and a local genie (jinn) and instigator named Hubbly Bubbly who has no more wishes at his disposal except the gift of kindness.