In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared

In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared

by Christopher Robbins (Author)

Synopsis

AS SEEN ON RICHARD AND JUDY. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting by helicopter, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some of the most beautiful, unspoilt places on earth.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Published: 24 May 2007

ISBN 10: 1861978685
ISBN 13: 9781861978684

Media Reviews
...extremely entertaining and informative...hilarious. * Daily Telegraph *
cracking tale...both hysterically funny and surprisingly moving...you will savour every page. * News of the World *
Author Bio
Christopher Robbins is the author of five non-fiction books, including the award-winning The Empress of Ireland. He became intrigued by Kazakhstan sitting on an aeroplane next to an American from Arkansas on his way there to collect an Internet bride.