This is one I wish I'd read rather than listened to, because the narration contributed to my dissatisfaction. In particular, the one story told in the first person, by the least sympathetic person, was rendered in a thick accent, but the others weren't. The implicit racism of this troubles me. Thoug...
"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it." - Ivan Turgenev. All six of the terrorists interviewed by Ballen were raised in repressive authoritarian regimes. This is not a coincidence. This book caused me to wonder why Pakistan receives money fr...
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