Travels in a Dervish Cloak

Travels in a Dervish Cloak
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Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 1780601506
ISBN-13 : 9781780601502
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Download or read book Travels in a Dervish Cloak written by Isambard Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spellbound by his grandmother's Anglo-Indian heritage and the exuberant annual visits of her friend the Begum, Isambard Wilkinson became enthralled by Pakistan as a teenager, eventually working there as a foreign correspondent during the War on Terror. Seeking the land behind the headlines, he sets out to discover the essence of a country convulsed by Islamist violence. What of the old, mystical Pakistan has survived and what has been destroyed? We meet charismatic tribal chieftains making their last stand, hereditary saints blessing prostitutes, gangster bosses in violent slums and ecstatic Muslim pilgrims. Navigating a minefield of coups, conspiracies, cock-ups and bombs, Bard is reluctant to judge; his is a funny, hashish- and whisky-scented travel book from the frontline, full of open-hearted delight and a poignant lust for life. Photographs by Chev Wilkinson.


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