
Shortlisted for the 2015 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. In 1945, Indonesia`s declaration of independence promised: `the details of the transfer of power etc. will be worked out as soon as possible.` Still working on the `etc.` seven decades later, the world`s fourth most populous nation is now enthusiastically democratic & riotously diverse
- rich & enchanting but riddled with ineptitude & corruption. Elizabeth Pisani, who first worked in Indonesia 25 years ago as a foreign correspondent, set out in 2011, travelling over 13, 000 miles, to rediscover its enduring attraction, & to find the links which bind together this disparate nation. Fearless & funny, & sharply perceptive, she has drawn a compelling, entertaining & deeply informed portrait of a captivating nation.