Synopsis
Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
‘A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece’ – The New York Times Book Review
Embark on a perilous journey through war-torn Afghanistan in this moving travelogue by Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and co-host of the hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.
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Details
09 May 2024400 pages
9781035052189Imprint: Picador
Reviews
This is traveling at its hardest and travel-writing at its bestDavid Gilmour
An astonishing achievement: a unique journey of great courageColin Thubron, author of Shadow of the Silk Road
With a deft, at time poetic vividness, he describes an awesome landscape, scarred by a present and a past of violence and death . . . His encounters with Afghans are tragic, touching and terrifyingDaily Telegraph
[Stewart] must have balls of steel, but he writes like and angel all the sameGiles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland
