New York, Dec 30 (IANS) The book Benazir Bhutto had finished writing a week ago is being rushed for publishing by HarperCollins following the Pakistan’s former prime minister’s assassination Thursday.
The book, titled “Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West”, is part political treatise and part memoir of the first woman elected prime minister of a Muslim nation.
HarperCollins executive editor Tim Duggan described the book as “Bhutto’s vision for how to bridge the political and cultural gap between the Islamic world, which is becoming increasingly radicalised, and the West”.
When Duggan signed Bhutto for the book just before she returned to Pakistan in October after years of living in exile, he said prophetically, “Pakistan is an increasingly volatile place, and Bhutto’s book is an eye-opening look at the mistakes we’ve made in the region and what we can do to correct them – as well as what the consequences will be if we don’t.”
Mark Siegel, a Washington lobbyist who was a friend and consultant of Bhutto, collaborated with her as writer on the book.
HarperCollins has confirmed receiving the finished manuscript of the book and is likely to release the book by February.