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Feb 01, 2015WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A wonderful companion read to any of the many recent novels about Afghanistan. It is the true story of a man who walks across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul over the mountains in the dead of winter. He returns to Afghanistan in 2002, when the Taliban are defeated and Hamid Karzai becomes president. He lives mostly on bread and tea and the kindness of strangers. His adventures are at times terrifying, always interesting and completely compelling.