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The Nine Lives of Pakistan

By Declan Walsh

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The Nine Lives of Pakistan

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The demise of Pakistan - a country with a reputation for volatility, brutality and radical Islam - is regularly predicted. But things rarely turn out as expected, as renowned journalist Declan Walsh knows well. Over a decade covering the country, his travels took him from the raucous port of Karachi to the gilded salons of Lahore to the lawless frontier of Waziristan, encountering Pakistanis whose lives offer a compelling portrait of this land of contradictions. He meets a crusading lawyer who risks her life to fight for society's most marginalised, taking on everyone including the powerful military establishment; an imperious chieftain spouting poetry at his desert fort; a roguish politician waging a mini-war against the Taliban; and a charismatic business tycoon who moves into politics and seems to be riding high - till he takes up the wrong cause. Lastly, Walsh meets a spy whose orders once involved following him, and who might finally be able to answer the question that haunts him: why the Pakistanis suddenly expelled him from their country. Intimate and complex, unravelling the many mysteries of state and religion, this formidable book offers an arresting account of life in a country that, often as not, seems to be at war with itself.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2020-09-03
Publication Date:
2020-09-30
Publisher:
Bloomsbury UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1408868474
ISBN13:
9781408868478
Weight:
554 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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