Kabul Disco, Book 2: How I Managed Not to Get Addicted to Opium in Afghanistan (2008)

by Nicolas Wild

Series: Kabul Disco (2)

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A satirical autobiography about a young Frenchman and his hilarious, yet poignant, adventures in the heart of Afghanistan. PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. It's 2005. Nicolas Wild is a French cartoonist. He's broke and about to be homeless. He's a man without a plan. That is until destiny shows up in his inbox: a paid job... In Afghanistan! In his graphic Travelogue series, Nicolas Wild brilliantly explores the differences between the Afghan cultures around him and his own, as he and his fellow expat friends crash Asura celebrations, avoid the afterlife, and muse on the differences between Christian Easter egg hunts and Islamic penance.… (more)

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Nicolas Wild continues his comic diary about working for a communications company producing government propaganda in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2005. It's mostly boring anecdotes about co-workers who are barely named, much less given personalities, with the only intrigue coming from the fact that it's Dilbert happening in what is basically a war zone. He spends soooo much of his time sitting in cafes eating and having drinks, but the fun and games screech to a halt when a riot breaks out. But even that can't really lift this book out of its flat groove for long. (

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Kabul Disco, Book 2: How I Managed Not to Get Addicted to Opium in Afghanistan

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Kaboul Disco, Tome 2 : Comment je ne suis pas devenu opiomane en Afghanistan

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2008

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Kabul, Afghanistan

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand-Est, France

Kapisa, Afghanistan

Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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The best thing you can bring back from your travels is yourself, in one piece. - Persian Wisdom

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Afghan communications agency seek comic artist to work in Kabul. Contact Valentin Spidault, Zendagui Media and Communication.

Strasbourg, Friday, June 24, 2005
So my vacation in France is coming to an end. I went to see my little family in Alsace, and now I'm drinking one last beer in Strasbourg's Place de la Cathedrale before boarding the Lufthansa bus that will take me to the airport.

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A satirical autobiography about a young Frenchman and his hilarious, yet poignant, adventures in the heart of Afghanistan. PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. It's 2005. Nicolas Wild is a French cartoonist. He's broke and about to be homeless. He's a man without a plan. That is until destiny shows up in his inbox: a paid job... In Afghanistan! In his graphic Travelogue series, Nicolas Wild brilliantly explores the differences between the Afghan cultures around him and his own, as he and his fellow expat friends crash Asura celebrations, avoid the afterlife, and muse on the differences between Christian Easter egg hunts and Islamic penance.

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