mostly global affairs-type biz recently -
"charlie wilson's war" (forget the author) - re: all the crazy behind-the-scenes US Senate and CIA maneuvering required to step up the afghan mujahideen's game against the soviet invasion in the 80s. plus cocaine, belly dancers, booze, private jets, hardscrabble CIA pitbulls and it's all true - a little rah-rah-USA at times though.
a newer paul theroux book - "dark star safari" - where he improvises his way from cairo to cape town. sometimes he sounds like the biggest douche in the universe, other times he pens these amazingly robust descriptions and observations that are almost better than being there. some eye-opening realizations on the impact of foreign aid too.
cue jokes about being a 15-year-old with dreads and a Rage Against the Machine hoodie: my friend just actually lent me the che guevara biography too, after i read The Motorcycle Diaries.... halfway through right now, it's pretty interesting, didn't know shit about the cuban revolution, what a story!
"charlie wilson's war" (forget the author) - re: all the crazy behind-the-scenes US Senate and CIA maneuvering required to step up the afghan mujahideen's game against the soviet invasion in the 80s. plus cocaine, belly dancers, booze, private jets, hardscrabble CIA pitbulls and it's all true - a little rah-rah-USA at times though.
a newer paul theroux book - "dark star safari" - where he improvises his way from cairo to cape town. sometimes he sounds like the biggest douche in the universe, other times he pens these amazingly robust descriptions and observations that are almost better than being there. some eye-opening realizations on the impact of foreign aid too.
cue jokes about being a 15-year-old with dreads and a Rage Against the Machine hoodie: my friend just actually lent me the che guevara biography too, after i read The Motorcycle Diaries.... halfway through right now, it's pretty interesting, didn't know shit about the cuban revolution, what a story!