Alive and Well in Pakistan
I’ve read this book a couple of months ago: Alive and Well in Pakistan by Ethan Casey. I think it is timely to mention it now as our President has just visited Pakistan. It is subtitled ‘A Human Journey in a Dangerous Time’ and tells an extraordinary story of an aspiring journalist and his transformation into a travel novelist. He follows the path of his favorite writer, V.S. Naipaul, into Kashmir revisiting places described in Naipaul’s book ‘An Area of Darkness’. The author is also a founder and editor-in-chief of an international online periodical GlobalEar.com.
I recommend this book heartily to anyone who is even marginally interested in the region. This is a literary reportage in tradition of Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene. I really think it is one of the best books about modern Pakistan. You won’t be disappointed.
