So I have never read Three Cups of Tea, so I am limited to speak on it directly, but it always struck me as some Ugly American/White Savior nonsense at one extreme or misguided American charity at the less extreme end. This book is a response to that book and mostly involves following up the sources in the biographical parts of that book and then a more financial investigation into the nonprofit work. Essentially, Krakauer comes to the conclusion that Mortenson vastly exaggerated about his […]
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Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer