i just have this to say...http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/books/review/Queenan-t.html?_r=2&ref=books&oref=slogin

I largely agree with Chris. Furthermore, I thought this book read like an expanded mea culpa, with Perkins listing his litany of sins and asking the reader to forgive him.

This book hardly read any better than touristic travel writing. It could have been about 1/3 the length and proved its inconsequential point. There was nothing revealing or nearly as cloak and dagger as his tone or the jacket or implies. If you are into reading about how "neat" other people's travel experiences were, then pick this one up. If you are looking for an insider's analysis of a new global order, revealing intimate details of a world you could not find in the Wall Street Journal o r the New York Times, then pick this book up. I hope his anthropological stuff is better.

I agree this book is awsome. Although I do question the writer's motive inspite of his revelance.

Probably one of the best books I have read this year. Informative yet entertaining. If you enjoy historical and political reads- then I highly suggest this book