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The Finest Hotel in Kabul : A People’s History of AfghanistanBy: Lyse Doucet

£11.99

Product Code: 9781804957943

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Weight 0.378 kg
Dimensions 12.9 × 2.8 × 19.7 cm

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In 1969, the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghans’ hopes of a modern, democratic future. In the decades since, its staff have endured two coups, a Soviet occupation, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors. Here, Lyse Doucet offers a vividly human history of modern Afghanistan through the lives of the people who have passed through its battered halls. It is the story of a hotel, and the story of a people.