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The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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by Kim Barker
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kim BarkerPublish date:2012-03-06Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307477385ISBN-10:030747738XUPC:9780307477385Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Memoirs, WomenSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCJJHJSPMT

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 a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the "Taliban Shuffle" between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter--her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307477385ISBN-10:030747738XUPC:9780307477385Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Memoirs, WomenSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCJJHJSPMT

Kim Barker was the South Asia bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in New Delhi and Islamabad. Her book about those years, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in South Asia, was published by Doubleday. The movie version, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, was released in 2016, starring Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Margot Robbie and Billy Bob Thornton. Barker is now a metro reporter at The New York Times, specializing in investigative reporting and narrative writing. Before joining The Times in mid-2014, Ms. Barker was an investigative reporter at ProPublica.


Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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