The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

by Kim Barker

Book Overview

In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir that tells us more about the Afghan debacle than any foreign policy briefing" (The Seattle Times), the famed investigative journalist uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the "forgotten war," finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.

When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030747738X
• ISBN13: 9780307477385
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"