Author : Emma Larkin
Release : 2011-06-28
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis No Bad News for the King by : Emma Larkin
Download or read book No Bad News for the King written by Emma Larkin. This book was released on 2011-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and killing more than 138,000 people. In No Bad News for the King, Emma Larkin, a Westerner who has been traveling to and secretly reporting on Burma for years, uses her extraordinary access and intimate understanding of the Burmese people to deliver a beautifully written and stunningly reported story that has never been told before. Chronicling the tragedy that unfolded in the chaotic days and months that followed the storm, she also examines the secretive politics of Burma's military dictatorship, a regime that relies on vicious military force and a bizarre combination of religion and mysticism to rule the country.