Andrew North

Thurs, Apr 24 • 6:00 PM

Kepler's Books

About this event

"Anyone who wants to learn about Afghanistan, its people and its turbulent history must read War & Peace & War" - Zarghuna Kargar, author of Dear Zari: The Secret Lives of Women in Afghanistan. War & Peace & War begins with Andrew North's account of being abducted by the Taliban in 2022. By then, he had been covering Afghanistan for 20 years and his book brings together his own reporting with the experiences of five Afghans from different walks of life to tell the story of the country's long wars with foreign powers and the return of the Taliban. Andrew North is an award-winning journalist and former BBC Afghanistan correspondent. He now contributes to a wide range of media outlets and also sketches; War & Peace & War is illustrated with his own drawings.

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