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The taliban shuffle now a major motion picture titled whiskey tango foxtrot starring tina fey, margot robbie, martin freeman, alfred molina, and billy bob thornton. Covering her adventures in pakistan and afghanistan as a foreign reporter for the chicago tribune, the taliban shuffle is a sardonic, satirical piece of longform journalism. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker. Before her first trips as a fillin correspondent in south asia in 2001, current propublica reporter barker had little overseas experience.

Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan 9780307477385. But her life changed in the aftermath of 911, when she presented herself to the chicago tribune as an ideal candidate for. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only english and had little idea how to do the taliban shuffle between afghanistan and pakistan. The taliban shuffle, strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by. Lacking much by way of an overriding narrative, the book instead follows barker in.

Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan 9780385533317. The taliban shuffle is a memoir, not a work of history or politics, so the main thread of the narrative is her own life of expatriate high jinks, rather than any specific story of afghanistan. The south asia channel inside the taliban shuffle not many women can say that nawaz sharif,pakistans troubled former prime minister, tried to set her up on a date with apakistani man. The film stars tina fey, margot robbie, martin freeman, christopher abbott, alfred molina, and billy bob thornton. In fact, to hear this charismatic debut author tell of life in wartorn kabul during these years, youd think it was a moreorless nonstop party. No matterher stories about islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in iraq. The taliban shuffle, it must be admitted, is a slight book. Read the taliban shuffle strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker available from rakuten kobo. A memoir of the five years the writer spent reporting from afghanistan and pakistan after the overthrow of the taliban in 2001. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only english and had little idea how to do the taliban shuffle between.

To the people of afghanistan and pakistan, who are still waiting for the punchline. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in south asia, was published by. The taliban shuffle austin public library overdrive. The book, like afghanistan at the time, received little media attention. The taliban shuffle seattle public library overdrive. The taliban shuffle isnt like any other book out there about afghanistan and pakistan. This sums up the tone of kim barkers excellent nonfiction book. The taliban shuffle king county library system overdrive. The taliban shuffle ebook by kim barker 9780385533324.

At the beginning of the taliban shuffle, the dedication reads. Ms barker became the correspondent for the chicago tribune in afghanistan at the beginning of the war and was able to provide some keen insights about what went wrong. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, joined us wednesday. The movie version, whiskey tango foxtrot, was released in 2016, starring tina fey, martin freeman, alfred molina, margot robbie and billy bob thornton. The taliban shuffle book san antonio public library. Whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti by kim barker. It contains no profound truths or insightful observations. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in south asia, was published by doubleday. Through her personal experiences as a correspondent in afghanistan and pakistan, kim barker gives a vivid account of the real situation there. The taliban shuffle pinellas public library cooperative. Join author and foreign correspondent kim barker as she talks about her years reporting on the forgotten war, doing the taliban shuffle between afghanistan and pakistan after the u.

Whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti by kim. But for anyone looking for a quick read into the very specific subject of the lives and loves of a foreign correspondent, the book will not disappoint. A movie, titled whiskey tango foxtrot and starring tina fey, releases on march 4. War is not the answer was the overwhelming message i took from the taliban shuffle. A truelife catch22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.

Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in s. The taliban shuffle is scoop meets dispatches, remixed with a twentyfirstcentury bollywood soundtrack. The taliban shuffle york county public library overdrive. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the taliban shuffle. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan offers an on the spot journalists perspective of afghanistan and pakistan. My memoir, the taliban shuffle, about my years as a war correspondent for the chicago tribune, was published in 2011. The taliban shuffle hennepin county library overdrive. Kim barker, the former south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune, talked about her book the taliban shuffle in. The taliban shuffle southern tier library system overdrive.

Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2016 american biographical war comedydrama film directed by glenn ficarra and john requa, and written by robert carlock, based on the memoir the taliban shuffle. Covering her adventures in pakistan and afghanistan as a foreign reporter for the chicago tribune, the taliban shuffle is a sardonic, satirical piece of longform journalism, tinged with bitterness. Kim barkers book the taliban shuffle is an account of her experiences as a reporter covering afghanistan and pakistan that manages to be. Kim barker, the former south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune, talked about her book the taliban shuffle in conversation with colin mcmahon. Kim barkers book the taliban shuffle is an account of her experiences as a reporter covering afghanistan and pakistan that manages. Kim barker was the south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in new delhi and islamabad. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan kindle edition by barker, kim. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time more about kim barker. Kim barker s book the taliban shuffle is an account of her experiences as a reporter covering afghanistan and pakistan that manages to be hilarious and harrowing at the same time. With dark, selfdeprecating humor and shrewd insight, barker chronicles her experiences as a rookie foreign reporter and the critical years when the taliban resurged amidst the collapse of the afghan and pakistani governments. A truelife catch22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of afghanistan and pakistan, by one of the regions longestserving correspondents. Kim barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondentshe is candid, selfdeprecating, laughoutloud funny.

In the taliban shuffle, barker offers an insiders account of the forgotten war in afghanistan and pakistan, chronicling the years after americas initial routing of. She chats tuesday, march 22, at noon et, about her new book the taliban shuffle and her experiences abroad. The movie version, whiskey tango foxtrot, was released in 2016. The taliban shuffle comprises her recollections of these years, but make no mistake. After careful consideration, kim baker, a news copywriter, decides to leave the relative comfort of a new york desk job and serious boyfriend chris to accept the assignment to work for three months as oncamera reporter in war torn afghanistan, as her news agency is looking for anyone within their ranks to fill immediately the empty voids overseas. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan is a memoir by u. The minneapolis star tribune read this and try not to hurt yourself laughing. The taliban shuffle by kim barker overdrive rakuten. The movie version, whiskey tango foxtrot, will be released in march 2016, starring tina fey, martin freeman, alfred molina, margot robbie and billy bob thornton. The taliban shuffle gives us an insiders perspective of afghanistan and pakistantheir fascinating cultures, unstable governments, and burgeoning terrorist groups. In one afghan village barker visited, the us army was about to withdraw, having trained the local people. Buy a discounted paperback of the taliban shuffle online from australias leading online bookstore. Laughoutloud funny, it is the true story of what it is like to be a female journalist in one of the worlds most exotic war zones, while telling the reader much about what is really going on today in afghanistan and pakistan. The taliban shuffle strange days in afghanistan and pakistan book.