No Bad News for the King
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No Bad News for the King by Emma Larkin
An incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in BurmaOn 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.
Emma Larkin is a pseudonym for an American journalist who was born and raised in Asia, studied Burmese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and currently works as a reporter in Bangkok. She's been going to Burma for over fifteen years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143119616 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143119613 |
| Title | No Bad News for the King |
| Author | Emma Larkin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2011-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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