Bad Lands

A tourist on the axis of evil

Tony Wheeler

327 pages, parution le 28/10/2010

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Résumé

"You guys really are the axis of evil', our guide splutters over his stein of beer in the Pyongyang duck restaurant. 'You're always leaning out of the windows and taking photographs when I tell you not to.' In an age of plastic knives on planes, Tony Wheeler can make the extraordinary daim of having visited all the rogue countries currently on newsreaders' Iips. Bad Lands is a witty first-hand account of his travels through some of the most repressive and dangerous regimes in the world: Afghanistan, Albania, Burina (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Taking into account each country's attitude to human rights, terrorism and foreign policy, he asks 'what makes a country truly evil?' and 'how bad is really bad?', all the while engaging with a colourful cast of locals and hapless tour guides, ruminating on history and debunking popular myths. Written by the founder of Lonely Planet, this fascinuting account of life in these closed-off countries will appeal to anyone with an interest in the state of the world today.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Lonely Planet
Auteur(s)	Tony Wheeler
Parution	28/10/2010
Nb. de pages	327
Format	13 x 20
Couverture	Broché
Poids	330g
EAN13	9781742201047
ISBN13	978-1-74220-104-7