In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
'Heads of government rarely write revealing memoirs while in power but Musharraf's publishers managed to winkle out one or two scoops' Financial Times 2/10 'Most heads of state wait until they are in comfortable retirement to bring out their memoirs. But Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is an impatient man' Sunday Times 8/10 'The media circus created to advertise his new memoir has drawn cirticism even from some of his own aides, but President Pervez Musharraf insisted during a visit to new York this week that the whirlwind campaign had nothing to do with either his ego or with lining his own pockets...He declared that the 340-page memoir - and the plugging of it - above all gives him the chance to improve the image of Pakistan abroad' Independent 29/9 'Pervez Musharraf's detractors also misunderstand the objectives of this all-important text. The goal of IN THE LINE OF FIRE is not to write history - or, indeed, to revise it, as some sceptics have suggested - but to spin a good Boy's Own yarn. The aim is to lay claim to immortality. Truth has nothing to do with it. That is why it is written like an apocalyptic thriller, with a firm eye on the film rights. I recommend that Arnold Schwarzenegger come out of retirement to play General Musharraf' New Statesman 6/11 'This narrative has sold well in the US, where Musharraf's recent book tour - complete with entourage of 70 - was a roaring success. His memoir has already attracted a huge readership' Prospect magazine, Dec issue 'Neither retired nor retiring, Pakistan's President offers this widely discussed, hotly disputed memoir of his military exploits, seizure of political power in a 1999 coup and transition from Taliban supporter to US ally' Financial Times--This text refers to theDigitaledition.