https://www.scmp.com/rss/325245/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Travels in a Dervish Cloak by Isambard Wilkinson Eland 4.5 stars Pakistan was once prime territory for Western travel writers. It offered an attractive combination of subcontinental colour and Central Asian romance, plus a lively history and a hospitable population speaking excellent English. Geoffrey Moorhouse, Dervla Murphy and Wilfred Thesiger passed this way, among many others. In The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux even pondered the attractions of Peshawar as a place of retirement. But... https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2112025/book-review-travels-dervish-cloak-reveals-real-pakistan-its-characters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2112025/book-review-travels-dervish-cloak-reveals-real-pakistan-its-characters?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:31:55 +0000