Opium Season

Opium Season is the true story of a young American in Afghanistan running an aid program to counter the opium trade.^[1][2][3]

Opium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier

Cover of US edition
Author	Joel Hafvenstein
Cover artist	Georgianna Goodwin
Language	English
Subject	Afghanistan, opium trade, travel
Publisher	The Lyons Press
Publication date	November 1, 2007
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	336
ISBN	978-1-59921-131-2
OCLC	148949291
Dewey Decimal	958.104/7 22
LC Class	DS371.4 .H32 2007

Plot

Joel Hafvenstein signed up for a year in Afghanistan in the heart of the country's opium trade, running an American-funded aid program to help thousands of opium poppy farmers make a legal living, and to win hearts and minds away from the former Taliban government. The author was soon caught up in the machinations of Helmand's drug trafficking warlords.

Sources

• Official book site
• More about the book, Opium Season Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
• The New York Times book review
• On Line Opinion - Australia book review
• Joel Hafvenstein video interview on The Interviewpoint: part 1, part 2