{"product_id":"the-finest-hotel-in-kabul-9781804957943","title":"The Finest Hotel in Kabul","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Women's Prize Non-Fiction Prize 2026\u003cbr\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003eThe Times • Financial Times • Guardian • Observer • Economist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghans’ hopes of a modern, democratic future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the decades since, its staff have endured two coups, a Soviet occupation, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Lyse Doucet offers a vividly human history of modern Afghanistan through the lives of the people who have passed through its battered halls. It is the story of a hotel, and the story of a people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lyse Doucet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49322809655547,"sku":"9781804957943","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781804957943.jpg?v=1792452158","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/the-finest-hotel-in-kabul-9781804957943","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}