The Finest Hotel in Kabul : A People’s History of Afghanistan Art techniques & principles LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENT'Is there anything Richard Powers cannot write

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The Finest Hotel in Kabul : A People’s History of Afghanistan Art techniques & principles LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEAuthor: Lyse Doucet Afghanistan Published on 18 September 2025 by Cornerstone (Hutchinson Heinemann) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 448 pages 242 x 165 x 42 710g When the Inter Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistans first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world. More than fifty years on, the Inter Continental is still standing. It has endured Soviet occupation, multiple coups, a grievous civil war, a US