From covering India's endearingly over-the-top response to thedeath of cricketing legend Don Bradman to being on the streetsof Kabul on September 11 2001, Lost in Transmission is Harley'sexciting, often moving, funny and disarmingly honest account ofthe three years he spent, lurching from one hair-raising,misadventure to the next, reporting from one of the mostexotic and, as events unfurled, alarming corners of the planet.

 This book is a personal look at a time of upheaval in India,Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal, beyond to Iraq andaround the entire world. Generally, events appear inchronological order, but in some cases, there have beenslight shifts for the purposes of narrative. Names of somecharacters have been changed, either on their request or toprotect them. The transliteration of foreign words remainsthe subject of endless debate; and I have tried to balancepersonal preference and expert advice with what is widelyaccessible to readers.

Prologue

Death by Buffet

Chapter 1

Option Overload

Chapter 2

To Sir with Love

Chapter 3

Boys Don"t Cry

Chapter 4

Love in the Time of Militancy

Chapter 5

Into Thin Air

Chapter 6

Sex and Dross and the Land of the Pure

Chapter 7

Little Osama

Chapter 8

From Chairman to Chaman

Chapter 9

The Sand of Music

Chapter 10

Imran"s Army

Chapter 11

Poor Man"s America

Chapter 12

A Master of Destiny

Chapter 13

Thursday Night Fever

Chapter 14

Bend it Like Allah-O-Akhar

Chapter 15

Welcome Home

Chapter 16

Shaken and Stirred

Chapter 17

Stories Don"t Get Any Bigger (Mate)

Chapter 18

Whodunit in Kathmanda

Chapter 19

Adthmetic of Apathy

Chapter 20

September 11 from the Other Side

Chapter 21

Send in the Clowns

Chapter 22

Harry

Chapter 23

Ronning to Stand Still

Chapter 24

Such Strong Feelings

Epilogue

The War at Home

Acknowledgements