A fascinating book. But the writing of Mortenson/Relin was not of the highest caliber. The narrative tended to ramble, and Mortenson was painted with altogether too saintly a brush. (And which of the two was writing what?) And there was the sense that the difficult or inconvenient bits of background had simply been papered over. But what Mortenson is accomplishing, in building schools in the poorest and most remote parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, is utterly amazing and laudable.