The Bridport Literary Festival 2018

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 an intrepid teenager, eventually working there as a foreign correspondent during the War on Terror. Seeking the land behind the headlines, Bard set out to discover the essence of a country convulsed by Islamist violence and the old mystical Pakistan that has survived and what has been destroyed. He gives an enthralling, funny and sometimes moving illustrated portrait of Pakistan – one of the most opaque and difficult countries to penetrate and understand. His book is full of open-hearted delight and a poignant lust for life.

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at 4:30pm *please note the new time which is different from the brochure*