{"product_id":"9781035052189","title":"The Places In Between : A vivid account of a death-defying walk across war-torn Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Stewart, Rory \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/05\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781035052189,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the RSL Ondaatje PrizeShortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award‘A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece’ The New York Times Book ReviewCaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mughal emperor Babur the Great, Rory Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly with the help of an unexpected companion, and the generosity of the people he met on the way, did he survive to report back on his journey with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This evocative book feels like a long-lost relic of the great age of exploration’ The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43754264363052,"sku":"9781035052189","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781035052189.jpg?v=1724751198","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781035052189","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}