- Civilization, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Religion
With over thirty years of experience writing about Saudi Arabia, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Karen Elliott House has an unprecedented knowledge of life inside this shrouded kingdom.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Karen Elliott House
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Knopf, Vintage
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307473288
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“"Observing Saudi Arabia is like watching a gymnast dismount the balance beam in slow motion."”
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