Description
Michael Palin—whose travel writing has made him one of Britain's most beloved and most thoughtful observers of the world—turns his characteristically honest, curious, and warmly humane attention to Iraq in this account of his journey through a country that most Westerners have experienced only as a news story rather than as a human place with an extraordinary history and an extraordinary people. Written with the respect and the genuine engagement that have always made Palin's travel writing so valuable, this is essential reading for every person ready to encounter Iraq through the eyes of someone who has actually been there and actually paid attention. An essential and humanizing work.
