Falling off the Edge

Travels Through the Dark Heart of Globalization

By Alex Perry

Stunning reportage—by turns gritty, comic, and harrowing—from the hotspots where rebels, outlaws, and terrorists push back against the forces of capital, democracy, and globalization.

If the world is flat, as Thomas Friedman says, then aren't some people going to be falling off the edge? Award-winning Time Magazine correspondent Alex Perry (China, India, and Africa) takes us on an unforgettable journey to some of the planet's most remote and dangerous places to explore the sharp end of globalization. Combining sharp analysis with breathtaking frontline reporting, Perry's quest takes readers from Maoist rebels in Nepal to Indian suicide bombers and Indonesian pirates. We meet Chinese organ harvesters, Bombay billionaires, killer cops and pygmy Africans living on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. And in a riveting introduction, Perry presents us with some of the finest war reporting ever to come out of the war on terror. The result of this extraordinary journey is as unexpected as it is dramatic. In his quest to uncover the edges of globalization, Perry ends up discovering its dark heart.

Reviews for Falling off the Edge:

"Perry, a veteran journalist on the international scene, explores the various shades of globalization, cultural, political, humanitarian, environmental, and demonstrates that many of the predicted positive ramifications of the phenomenon have not yet come to pass; this detailed and sobering analysis of the unfulfilled promises and unexpected effects of globalization provides a welcome and necessary context to the newspaper and magazine articles that promote the glories of living in a global village."—Booklist