The Finest Hotel in Kabul. A People's History of Afghanistan.
London. Penguin. 2026. Stock ID #224878 "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. When referring to this item please quote stockid 224878.
Colour photographic plates, xv + 425pp, index. Paperback. New.
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." (Publisher's description).
Price: $26.99 AU