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had to read the novel for my New Terrorism course at university, Sadly, I was really disappointed by the book, In my opinion, it is really boring, In the first half of it the main characters try to enter Afghanistan, Once being there, the plot does not pick up speed, but is still boring, The ending is not satisfying and rather stereotypical, The best part of the whole novel is the descriptions of the culture and landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Additionally, the author tried to make the reader understand the problem of terrorism in the area, but he failed horribly, No new perspectives on terrorism were given and his attempt to give a Pakistani view of it was unsuccessful because it is too Western still.

All in all, the novel was not my cup of tea because it promised too much and achieved too little, Interesting story that kept me wanting to know what would happen, I am not sure that I believe that the relationship between Skelly and Najeeb became so deep in just a matter of a week.
Especially the care and concern that Najeeb showed, The information about Daliya was educational as to the plight of women in Pakistan and Afghanistan and I hope women are able to escape the backward and dark ages treatment that they still must live with.
I dont feel as if the story wrapped up but then maybe it was not supposed to, The ancient feuds and beliefs of the tribal people may never be understood, The actions of Sam Hartley and Pierce, . Tariq and the role is ISI, Just what was it all that Skelly observed and lived through A thinking person's action adventure novel

Set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the weeks following the/attacks, The Warlord's Son features Skelly, a middleaged foreign correspondent who has decided to come out or retirement to find one last big story.
It also concerns his "fixer", or translator, Najeeb the outcast son of a border area warlord and Najeeb's girlfriend Daliya,

The story passes from one to the other and the reader gets quite a bit of insight into the culture of this border area.
The action is quick and good when it happens and the reader experiences the intrigue of all of the overlapping political, financial and cultural interests of the area.


See all of my reviews at: sitelink blogspot. com/ A seemingly realistic portrayal of life in Pakistan/Afghanistan followingwritten in, THe story follows an aging journalist seeking the story of his career and his relations with his fixer, an outcast from a tribal society.
The depictions of life and culture were stunningly grim, THE WARLORDS SON by Don Fesperman is an amalgam of tribal machinations, hidden agendas, and conflicting personalities played out in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Peshawar, Pakistan, and tribal areas of Afghanistan.
The story is about complex relations among tribal families, a budding relationship between a man and a woman that goes against tradition, the interests of a number of warlords, and two shadowy Americans who seem to manipulate many of the main characters.


The three main characters are Najeeb Azam, a Pakistani educated in the United States who has been banned from his tribe by his father.
Najeebs life has been limited following/by US Consular officials and his fathers decree, To survive he hires himself out as a guide and interpreter to western reporters who crave information about Pakistan, the Taliban, and the course of events inside Afghanistan.
The second major protagonist is Stanford Kelly, better known as Skelly, a burned out journalist from the American Midwest who seeks to rekindle his career in southwest Asia.
He

links up with Najeeb as a means of getting back in the “game,” and the course of their relationship and what they experience form the core of the novel.
The third character, Daliya Qadeer goes against her familys wishes by becoming involved with Najeeb and she will take any risk to be with him.


Fesperman conveys the brutal dichotomy that is Musharrafs Pakistan following/, The Pakistani ISI Interservices Intelligence that helped create the Taliban is deeply involved in Najeebs life, as are two Americans who seem to be working with the ISI, but it is not really clear what they are up to until the novels conclusion.
Skelly was part of a wave of American journalists who descended on Pakistan and Afghanistan after/as the war between the United States and the Taliban exploded.
At first Najeeb and Skelly are wary of each other, but soon develop a comfort level as they both seemed to be looking for somewhere to take root as their lives seemed to converge.


The author does a superb job providing the sights and smells of the region from Peshawar to the many villages of Afghanistan.
In addition, the archine and duplicitous ISI is introduced and integrated accurately into the story as the “midwife” of the Taliban and the ally of the United States.
The author is dead on when he points out that the ISIs main security concern is India, and that the Taliban is a tool in that strategy no matter how close or how much aid it receives from the United States.


The most interesting aspect of the novel is how Najeebs life seems to come full circle, Fesperman revisits his childhood and his relationship with his warlord father and an uncle who seems to take care of him, His father sent him to America for his education for his own reasons and when he returned their relationship collapsed, To control his son, the ISI would keep him in line, Because of his relationship with Skelly, and the reporters obsession to uncover a major newspaper story, Najeeb will revisit his childhood haunts as he deals with the machinations of the ISI, his father, his uncle, and other warlords as he tries to survive.


Fespermans writing is sensitive to the “underworld” that exists in Pakistani and Afghan society, particularly in the tribal areas that abuts Afghanistan where many refugees seek shelter from the Taliban.
Najeeb joins Skelly on a caravan into Afghanistan as the American reporter tries to land one last scoop to satisfy the journalistic blood that pulses in his veins.
The result is a series of mishaps, surprises, and shifting alliances that threaten their lives,

Numerous questions arise as the book unfolds, What role do Sam Hartley, an American businessman and Arlen Pierce, a cultural attaché from the State Department play Is there a strategy that is being developed to capture Osama BinLaden Can Najeebs father be trusted What is the ISI really after Among numerous questions.
The end result will surprise the reader and the books conclusion is somewhat disconcerting,

This is my second go at one of Don Fespermans novels, and I look forward to reading others in the future.

Dan Fesperman did research the setting, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and it is fascinating to read what the tribes and tribal lands are like.
Of course it is only fiction, based on fact, and one could never truly understand their culture, or what it must be like to live there.
And it is a rollicking good story, it does not have your "and they all lived happily ever after" ending, Any other author might have made a sequel, But may Najeeb and Dalyia live on, in peace, at least in my memories, A terrifying story about a journalist and his Pakistani guide/translator trying to get into Afghanistan on the eve of the fall of the Taliban.
It is so hard to believe that people live this way, They areyears behind the rest of the world because of the warring constantly going on among the different warlords, And women Think you are being denied rights Read this book and repent of your complaining, The Prisoner of Guantanamo is much better written, i'm glad i read it first, It took me absolutely forever to get through this book, I actually liked the writing, but I am intriguechallenged, I could follow and appreciate what was going on in the various sections of the book and I enjoyed and liked the three main characters and thought they were well developed.
But, in the end, I could not put it all together, The individual events were to me like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and I could not get the pieces to fit, It was to me like a spy movie, the Bourne series, for instance, in which different scenes are interesting and understandable, but I can never figure out who is the bad guy and who is the good guy, and whose side everyone is on, and at the end of the movie I have to ask my husband what happened, and his explanation confuses me more.
I am lucky I did not become a diplomat or a member of the CIA, and the world is a much better place because I have never been appointed Secretary of State.
The reason I persisted in reading this book is it was assigned reading for my contemporary fiction class, the theme of which this semester is cultural differences.
My class is tomorrow, and perhaps the discussion will shed some light on this book for me, .