No Bad News for the King: The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in Burma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143119616)

An incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma

On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and killing more than 138,000 people. In No Bad News for the King, Emma Larkin, a Westerner who has been traveling to and secretly reporting on Burma for years, uses her extraordinary access and intimate understanding of the Burmese people to deliver a beautifully written and stunningly reported story that has never been told before. Chronicling the tragedy that unfolded in the chaotic days and months that followed the storm, she also examines the secretive politics of Burma's military dictatorship, a regime that relies on vicious military force and a bizarre combination of religion and mysticism to rule the country.

Author: Emma Larkin
ISBN-10: 0143119613
ISBN-13: 9780143119616
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.34w x 0.60d