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On the Grand Trunk Road

A Journey into South Asia

A Journey into South Asia

By Steve Coll

By Steve Coll

By Steve Coll

By Steve Coll

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Paperback $18.00

Mar 31, 2009 | ISBN 9780143115199

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Mar 31, 2009 | ISBN 9781101029138

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    About On the Grand Trunk Road

    From the award-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and Directorate S, a trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia

    Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and New York Times bestseller The Bin Ladens, have been praised for their creative insight and complex yet compelling narratives-and have put him on par with journalists such as the legendary Bob Woodward. Now, for the first time ever, the paperback edition of On the Grand Trunk Road is finally available, revised and updated with new material. Focusing on Coll’s journeys in conflict-ridden India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan as a bureau chief for The Washington Post, On the Grand Trunk Road reveals a little-seen area of the world where violence, corruption, and greed have had devastating effects on South Asians from all walks of life.

    About On the Grand Trunk Road

    From the award-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and Directorate S, a trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia

    Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and New York Times bestseller The Bin Ladens, have been praised for their creative insight and complex yet compelling narratives-and have put him on par with journalists such as the legendary Bob Woodward. Now, for the first time ever, the paperback edition of On the Grand Trunk Road is finally available, revised and updated with new material. Focusing on Coll’s journeys in conflict-ridden India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan as a bureau chief for The Washington Post, On the Grand Trunk Road reveals a little-seen area of the world where violence, corruption, and greed have had devastating effects on South Asians from all walks of life.

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    Directorate S
    Private Empire
    The Bin Ladens
    Ghost Wars
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    About Steve Coll

    Steve Coll is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute in Washington, D.C. He… More about Steve Coll

    About Steve Coll

    Steve Coll is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute in Washington, D.C. He… More about Steve Coll

    Product Details

    Category: Travel: Asia | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 31, 2009 | 352 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143115199

    Category: Travel: Asia | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 31, 2009 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781101029138

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