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Occupational Hazards

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Occupational Hazards
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rory Stewart
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 131
ISBN/Barcode 9780330440509
ClassificationsDewey:956.70443092
Audience
General
Edition Unabridged edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 4 May 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, a young British diplomat, was appointed as the Coalition Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province of 850,000 people in the southern marshland region. There, he and his colleagues confronted gangsters, Iranian-linked politicians, tribal vendettas and a full Islamist insurgency.Rory Stewart's inside account of the attempt to re-build a nation, the errors made, the misunderstandings and insurmountable difficulties encountered, reveals a unique side to Iraq, hidden from most foreign journalists and soldiers. Stewart is an award winning writer and his luminous voice provides extraordinary insight into the comedy, occasional heroism and moral risks of foreign occupation.

Author Biography

Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Malaysia and Scotland. After a brief period in the British Army and the Foreign Office he walked 6,000 miles from Iraq to Nepal. His account of walking across Afghanistan, The Places In Between, was published by Picador in 2004, won the RSL Ondaatje Award, the Spirit Of Scotland Award, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and Scottish Book Of The Year. He was awarded an OBE in 2004.

Reviews

Beautifully written, highly evocative . . . a joy to read. -- John Simpson A marvellous book . . . a devastating narrative. -- Simon Jenkins Absolutely absorbing. -- Ken Loach Strikes gut and brain at once. -- James Meek Wonderfully observed, wise, evocative. * Observer * The best book by far to come out of the Iraq mess. * Sunday Herald *