The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State book by Declan Walsh
By Declan WalshThe Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State book by Declan Walsh
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.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 369 pages
- English
- 1408868466
- 9781408868461
About Declan Walsh
declan walsh is an irish journalist who is currently (january 2021) chief africa correspondent for the new york times based in nairobi, kenya. he was previ Read More about Declan Walsh
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