Short Walks from Bogotá: Journeys in the New Colombia

For decades, Colombia was the "narcostate." Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence? Writer and journalist Tom Feiling has journeyed throughout Colombia, down roads that were until recently too dangerous to travel, talking to people from former guerrilla fighters to nomadic tribesmen and millionaires. Vital, shocking, wry, and never simplistic, Short Walks from Bogota unpicks the tangled fabric of Colombia to create a stunning work of reportage, history and travel writing.

• The Sound of Things Falling
• Colombia a Comedy of Errors
• The Making of Modern Colombia: A Nation in Spite of Itself
• Oblivion: A Memoir
• The Colombia Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
• Bolivar: American Liberator
• Delirium (Vintage International)
• Lonely Planet Colombia (Travel Guide)
• Was Gabo an Irishman?: Tales from Gabriel García Márquez's Colombia
• Lonely Planet Colombia (Travel Guide)