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The terminal man / Sir Alfred Mehran and Andrew Donkin.

Title
The terminal man / Sir Alfred Mehran and Andrew Donkin.
Author
Mehran, Alfred.
Publication
London : Corgi Books, 2004.

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Additional Authors
Donkin, Andrew.
Description
253 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
"The Terminal Man" is the extraordinary story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, better known as 'Sir Alfred', who has been living in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle Airport, for sixteen years. He sleeps on a bench, dines at MacDonalds, and is surrounded by piles of magazines and his extensive diary. He arrived at the airport on 8 August 1988, intending to take a plane to London. Without the proper documentation he quickly found himself trapped in a bureaucratic catch-22 nightmare. Fearing arrest as an illegal immigrant if he left the terminal building, he has been waiting while lawyers and government officials argued about his case. This is an incredible story in his own words.
Subject
  • Mehran, Alfred
  • Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
  • Political refugees > Iran > Biography
  • Political refugees > France > Biography
  • Airport terminals > France
  • Bureaucracy > France
  • France > Emigration and immigration
Genre/Form
Biographies
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 0552152749 (pbk.)
  • 9780552152747 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 56643542
  • SCSB-12845563
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library