{"product_id":"the-nine-lives-of-pakistan-dispatches-from-a-precarious-state-book-by-declan-walsh","title":"The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State\nBook by Declan Walsh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe former\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeclan Walsh is one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis―a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink―a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nine Lives of Pakistan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nine Lives of Pakistan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55427480224035,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55427480256803,"sku":null,"price":510.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":55427480289571,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_843d1ca8-27c3-475b-a01b-8bc7ef068a16.jpg?v=1785903992","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/the-nine-lives-of-pakistan-dispatches-from-a-precarious-state-book-by-declan-walsh","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}