Travels in a dervish cloak - Isambard Wilkinson

Spellbound by his grandmother's Anglo-Indian heritage and the exuberant annual visits of her friend the Begum, Isambard Wilkinson became enthralled by Pakistan as an intrepid teenager, eventually working there as a foreign correspondent during the War on Terror. Seeking the land behind the headlines, Bard sets out to discover the essence of a country convulsed by Islamist violence. What of the old, mystical Pakistan has survived and what has been destroyed?
His is a funny, hashish- and whisky-scented travel book from the frontline, full of open-hearted delight and a poignant lust for life.