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The men who ruled Pakistan

You can read this book with pleasure and amusement, but there is much that is dark here- portraits of deep loneliness.

It is common when speaking of the State to talk about institutions and systems. But in Pakistan -- indeed, across South Asia -- personalities often matter more. Tilak Devasher's second book, Pakistan: At, is a byproduct of his first, , an 'analytical collection of anecdotes and vignettes' that he came across while writing the latter.

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