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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. Seeking the land behind the headlines, he sets out to discover the essence of a country convulsed by Islamist violence. What of the old, mystical Pakistan has survived and what has been destroyed? We meet charismatic tribal chieftains making their last stand, hereditary saints blessing prostitutes, gangster bosses in violent slums and ecstatic Muslim pilgrims. 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. Photographs by Chev Wilkinson. "Enhanced with photographs by Chev Wilkinson, Travels in a Dervish Cloak is an absorbing, entertaining, and interestingly informative read from cover to cover. While very highly recommended for both community and academic library collections."--MWBR
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Born in 1971, Isambard Wilkinson has travelled in Pakistan since leaving school. A former foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and the Economist based in Pakistan and Spain, he has also worked on assignment in other countries including Algeria, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. He has lived for periods in France, Spain, Hong Kong and Hungary, and his travels abroad have been interrupted twice by kidney failure, enabling him to take time off to recuperate with his grandmother in the Irish countryside, which is home.
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A discursive, funny, moving portrait of Pakistan, one of the most opaque and difficult and complex of countries, but here rendered in bright chiaroscuro and with obvious affection. It's a brilliant debut by a major new talent. --William Dalrymple
Enhanced with photographs by Chev Wilkinson, Travels in a Dervish Cloak is an absorbing, entertaining, and interestingly informative read from cover to cover. While very highly recommended for both community and academic library collections. --Midwest Book Review
The evident love and knowledge of Pakistan and its people, a prerequisite for the best travel writing, dances across every page of this book ... A sparkling, prejudice-burning description of his wanderings across Pakistan. --Justin Marozzi, The National
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- PublisherEland Publishing
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 178060078X
- ISBN 13 9781780600789
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