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Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award
The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country.
Brief description: Declan Walsh, formerly the New York Times Pakistan bureau chief, is based in Cairo. He was educated in Dublin and has also reported from sub-Saharan Africa, Afghanistan, the United States, and across the Middle East.
Review Quotes: A vivid, complex portrait of a country at a crossroads....Walsh's writing is elegant and expressive. It does what the best foreign correspondence should: transport the reader.--Amna Nawaz "New York Times Book Review"