A journalist who has reported from Africa and the Middle East presents a dark memoir about his life-threatening, disorienting year of self-discovery in one of the worlds most conflicted nations. An award-winning journalist who has reported from Africa and the Middle East for The New York Times and the Associated Press presents a dark memoir about his life-threatening, disorienting year of self-discovery in one of the worlds most conflicted nations. In the powerful travel-writing tradition of Ryszard Kapuscinski and V.S. Naipaul, a haunting memoir of a dangerous and disorienting year of self-discovery in one of the worlds unhappiest countries.
