
I first heard about this book when flipping through GQ and read a blurb suggesting it. I’d been looking to get a new book so I picked it up a few days later. Dexter Filkins, a New York Times writer, has been in the Middle East for almost 10 years and recounts his travels in the pre-US invasion times from 1998 Afghanistan, all the way up to Iraq in 2007. Essentially a large collection of anecdotes from his time there, they’re categorized into different sections that focus on an aspect or two of the region. (more…)



