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My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban
Times Books
July 2010
On Sale: June 22, 2010
288 pages
ISBN: 080508827X
EAN: 9780805088274
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped
and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no-man's-land between
Afghanistan and Pakistan Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border. He and
three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of
Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for years, hoping
to reach the home of a local chieftain by nightfall. But
then a dozen armed men in black turbans appeared over the
crest of a hill. Captive is Van Dyk's searing account of his forty-five days
in a Taliban prison, and it is gripping and terrifying in
the tradition of the best prison literature. The main action
takes place in a single room, cut off from the outside
world, where Van Dyk feels he can trust nobody—not his
jailers, not his guides (who he fears may have betrayed
him), and certainly not the charismatic Taliban leader whose
fleeting appearances carry the hope of redemption as well as
the prospect of immediate, violent death. Van Dyk went to the tribal areas to investigate the
challenges facing America there. His story is of a deeper,
more personal challenge, an unforgettable tale of human
endurance.
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