
Synopsis
A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.
‘Devastating’ - The Sunday Times
‘Absolutely absorbing’ - Ken Loach
By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, then a young British diplomat, was...
Details
464 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Beautifully written, highly evocative . . . a joy to read.John Simpson, journalist and author of We Chose to Speak of War and Strife
A marvellous book . . . a devastating narrative.Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England
Absolutely absorbing.Ken Loach
Strikes gut and brain at once.James Meek, author of The People's Act of Love