{"product_id":"9781780601502","title":"Travels in a Dervish Cloak","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Wilkinson, Isambard\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePakistan\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 April 2018 by Eland Publishing Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e212 x 131 x 20 | 324g\u003cp\u003eSpellbound by his grandmother s Anglo Indian heritage and the exuberant annual visits of her friend the Begum, Isambard Wilkinson became enthralled by Pakistan as an intrepid teenager, eventually working there as a foreign correspondent during the War on Terror. Seeking the land behind the headlines, Bard 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis is a funny, hashish? and whisky?scented travel book from the frontline, full of open?hearted delight and a poignant lust for life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilkinson, Isambard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465778565304,"sku":"9781780601502","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781780601502.jpg?v=1734711107","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781780601502","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}