THE NINE LIVES OF PAKISTAN by Declan Walsh
The author, longtime correspondent for The Guardian and later for NYTimes, lived in and covered Pakistan for more than a decade before being ousted as a "security risk" (meaning that he pissed off the regime). He claims to love Pakistan, attest his years living there. I don't see why: The Pakistan he describes isn't so much a nation as a loose agglomeration of tribes, each hating the others and killing each other in the name of Islam, running suicide bomber schools, shaking down the population, carrying out "honor" killings, and otherwise behaving badly. But, he offers in-depth interviews and bios of Pakistani politicos, police, generals and some fairly ordinary citizens that are insightful and well rounded. Worthwhile read.