{"product_id":"every-man-in-this-village-is-a-liar","title":"Every Man in This Village Is a Liar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporting from the front lines of the war on terror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll be thinking about this book long after you turn the final page'\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Krakauer, author of \u003ci\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few weeks after the planes crashed into the World Trade Centre on 9\/11, \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Megan Stack was thrust into Afghanistan and Pakistan, dodging gunmen and prodding warlords for information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe then travelled to other war ravaged countries of the Middle East including Israel and Libya, witnessing and telling the stories of the changing Muslim world. Stack relates her initial wild excitement and her slow disillusionment as the cost of violence outweighs the elusive promise of freedom and democracy. She reports from under bombardment in Lebanon; records the raw pain of suicide bombings in Israel; and one by one, marks the deaths and disappearance of those she interviews. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man in This Village is a Liar\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply human memoir about the wars of the twenty first century. Beautiful, savage and unsettling, it is an indispensable book of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234117865816,"sku":"9781408810002","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781408810002.jpg?v=1765021544","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/every-man-in-this-village-is-a-liar","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}