Travels in a Dervish Cloak WilkinsonPaperback
Travels in a Dervish Cloak WilkinsonPaperback Spellbound by his grandmother's Anglo-Indian heritage and the exuberant annual visits of her friend the Begum, Isambard Wilkinson became enthralled by…
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Travels in a Dervish Cloak WilkinsonPaperback
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. What of the old, mystical Pakistan has survived and what has been destroyed? Seeking the land behind the headlines, he sets out to discover the essence of a country convulsed by Islamist violence.
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. We meet charismatic tribal chieftains making their last stand, hereditary saints blessing prostitutes, gangster bosses in violent slums and ecstatic Muslim pilgrims. Photographs by Chev
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